ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210174
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| Date: | Monday 18 December 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley B Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 97 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K7260 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kingston Bagpuize, 6 miles West of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley B.Mk.II K7260, 97 Squadron, RAF Abingdon: Written off (destroyed) 18/12/39. The crew was performing a training exercise and left RAF Abingdon in the morning. While cruising at low altitude, aircraft hit a tree and crashed inverted in flames in a field located near Kingston Bagpuize, some 6 miles west of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. All three crew members were killed:
Flying Officer John Gaskell Howard (aged 22, Service Number 39526) killed
Pilot Officer Clair Neil Robinson (aged 19 Service Number 75171) killed
Sgt Albert Coe (aged 23, Service Number 565860) killed
NOTE: At the time of the above accident Kingston Bagpuize was part of Berkshire, until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2436437/howard,-john-gaskell/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2436211/robinson,-clair-neil/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2417342/coe,-albert/
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-armstrong-whitworth-aw38-whitley-ii-near-raf-abingdon-3-killed
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Bagpuize
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69006206/john-gaskell-howard
9. http://www.97squadronassociation.co.uk/RollofHonour.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2018 00:50 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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