ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2105
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| Date: | Monday 25 April 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Trainer |
| Owner/operator: | 2 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K1466 |
| MSN: | AW.588 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile West of RAF Digby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Digby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Digby, | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Stalled & crashed 25 April 1932 one mile West of RAF Digby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire. According to a contemporary newspaper report:
"Saturday 30 April 1932,
Grantham Journal, Lincolnshire, England
Pilot’s Narrow Escape.—
Pilot Officer Alan Cresswell Martin, of the Royal Air Force Camp Digby, narrowly escaped death on Monday" (25th April 1932) "when the aeroplane he was piloting crashed into a stone wall near the camp. It is thought that Martin stalled to avoid another machine, and that the aeroplane went into a spin. The machine was damaged, and Martin was extricated with fractured thigh and other thigh and other injuries. Improvised splints were made from parts of the machine'
P/O Martin recovered and returned to service: he was KIA on the night of 25/26-8-1941 when piloting a 40 Squadron Wellington IC X9749, which failed to return from operations to Karlsruhe, Germany
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 p.8)
2. http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/digby/digby_crashes.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?20364-ATLAS-K1466-of-2FTS-stalled-and-crashed-nr-Digby-Lincs-25-4-1932-P-O-J-Martin-quot-AFL
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1931/1931%20-%200851.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2008 09:11 | JINX | Added |
| 26-Jan-2012 14:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Jul-2013 02:47 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 07-Feb-2017 19:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2018 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Operator] |
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