ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209932
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| Date: | Monday 13 November 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Fury Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 AAS RAF |
| Registration: | K8244 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Theddlethorpe ranges, near Grimsby, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manby, Lincolnshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Fury Mk.II K8244, 1 Air Armament School, RAF Manby, Lincolnshire: Written off (destroyed) 13/11/39 while airborne from RAF Manby on an air to ground gunnery practice sortie, the pilot failed to pull out of a dive in sufficient time due to misjudging the aircraft's altitude at the start of the dive.
The aircraft was destroyed on impact with the ground at the Theddlethorpe ranges, near Grimsby, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire, and the pilot, Flt Lt Ernest Henry Jago (Service Number 36076, aged 35) was killed in the crash
He was buried in Liverpool (Allerton) Cemetery Sec. 2d. C. Of E. Grave 90.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976, page 68)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2411393/jago,-ernest-henry/
4. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1939-incident-logs
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56400252/ernest-henry-jago
6. https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/ernest-henry-jago/164289231
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2018 17:48 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Nov-2018 18:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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