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| Date: | Friday 8 October 1926 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster Grebe Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 56 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey |
Gloster Grebe Mk.II: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8/10/1926 when veered off the runway on take-off and overturned at RAF Kenley, Surrey. Pilot and sole occupant - WO.1 Erik Gutzeit Haug (Service Number 312488) RAF - was killed. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (October 14, 1926 page 678 - see link #3):
"Royal Air Force Flying Accidents
As the result of an accident at Kenley, Surrey, to a Grebe aeroplane of No. 56 squadron, Biggin Hill, Kent, on October 8, No. 312488 S.M.I. Erik Gutzeit Haug, the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, was killed"
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17306-RAF-fatalities-1926
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1926/1926%20-%200762.PDF
Images:
Keston Churchyard 30/12/2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2018 22:04 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Nov-2018 08:54 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 06-Jan-2021 19:41 | Gusk | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 10-Jul-2023 21:22 | Nepa | Updated |
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