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| Date: | Friday 15 September 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 14 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K5207 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Kinloss, Morayshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kinloss, Morayshire |
| RAF Kinloss, Morayshire |
Hawker Audax Mk.I, K5207, 14 FTS, RAF Kinloss: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15/9/39 when stalled on night approach to RAF Kinloss, Morayshire. Pilot - Corporal Hamilton Short Happel (Service Number 523039, aged 23) - flying solo, was killed.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 41)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/11999.php
4. https://nekropole.info/en/Hamilton-Short-Happel
5. https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/hamilton-short-happel/164157869
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2455491/happel,-hamilton-short/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2018 22:22 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Oct-2018 18:03 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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