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Date: | Friday 3 November 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Fairey Battle Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 63 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | P2274 |
MSN: | F.4160 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Checkendon Court, Checkenden, near Reading, Berkshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Fairey Battle Mk.I P2274, 63 Squadron, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire: Written off 3/11/39 when pilot lost control and aircraft crashed at Checkendon Court, Checkenden, near Reading, Berkshire (at approximate Latitude: 51°32'34"N, Longitude: 1°2'52"W)
Pilot - Pilot Officer George Francis Astley Barwell (Service Number 41817, aged 19) - was killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley Air Britain, 1978 p 13)
2. The Battle File (Sidney Shsail, Air Britain, 1997 p 166)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1621:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16359609 4.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm 5.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2690854/barwell,-george-francis-astley/ 6. 63 Squadron RAF ORB (Air Ministry Form 540) 01/02/37-31/01/43:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8452719 7.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/63_wwII.html 8.
https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101047434-checkendon-court-checkendon#.WzAPjqdKjIU 9.
http://www.ogt.org.uk/walled-kitchen-gardens/south-oxfordshire/wkg-checkendon-court Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Apr-2018 15:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
24-Jun-2018 21:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
10-Nov-2018 22:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
26-Jun-2019 00:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |