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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hind |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K5494 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Evenley, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Hawker Hind K5494, 57 Squadron, RAF Upper Heyford: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23/9/37 when overshot in a forced landing into wood, Evenley, Oxfordshire, near Brackley, Northsmptonshire. (At approximate co ordinates 52.006°N 1.149°W). Aircraft wrecked on impact with trees. One of the two crew was killed:
Pilot Officer Malcolm Patrick Alexander Craig-Mooney (aged 20) killed
AC2 Peter McGeehan unhurt
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (September 30, 1937 page 340 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
P/O Malcolm Patrick Alexander Craig-Mooney lost his life as the result of an accident which occurred at Evenley, Oxon, on September 23. He was the pilot of the aircraft and A/C.2 Peter McGeehan, a passenger, was uninjured"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 43)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%202722.html
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evenley
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2018 00:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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