Accident Avro 504K E3568, Wednesday 1 March 1922
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Date:Wednesday 1 March 1922
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic A504 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro 504K
Owner/operator:5 FTS RAF
Registration: E3568
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Shotwick, Flintshire, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Shotwick, Flintshire
Destination airport:RAF Shotwick
Narrative:
Avro 504K E3568, 5 FTS, RAF Shotwick: Written off (destroyed) 1/3/22 when stalled on landing and nose-dived into the ground, at RAF Shotwick, Flintshire. Pilot - Flying Officer Denis Arthur Mullan - was killed

Sources:

1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1925.htm
2. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Mar22.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._5_Flying_Training_School_RAF#First_formation
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoD_Sealand#Early_history
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17098-RAF-fatalities-1922
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?313-RAF-officer-deaths-12-11-18-31-12-28

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-May-2018 22:32 Dr. John Smith Added
23-Nov-2018 16:49 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Operator, ]

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