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| Date: | Wednesday 1 April 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Gloster Gamecock Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | A & GS RAF |
| Registration: | J8073 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stroud Green, Rochford, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Eastchurch, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent |
| Southend Airport, Rochford, Southend, Essex |
Gamecock I J8073, Armament & Gunnery School, RAF Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent: Written off (destroyed) 1/4/31 when crashed on approach to Southend Airport, at Stroud Green, Rochford, Essex. Pilot - Flying Officer Charles Hugh Rudgard Little (aged 22) - was killed. According to a contemporary report in "The Aeroplane", 15/4/31:
"An inquest was held at Rochford on April 13 on Flying Officer C.H.R. Little, who was killed at Rochford on April 1. Evidence was given that Mr, Little had not made sufficient allowance for a gusty wind which caught the tail of his machine as he was about to land. A verdict of accidental death was returned.”
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17512-RAF-Fatalities-1931
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2018 15:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Dec-2019 16:27 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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