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| Date: | Friday 13 May 1927 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Fairey IIID |
| Owner/operator: | Gosport Trg Base RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bedenham, near Gosport, Hampshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gosport, Hampshire |
Fairey IIID, RAF Gosport: Written off (destroyed) 13/5/1927 when spun into the ground after engine failure, and crashed at Bedenham, near Gosport, Hampshire. (At approximate co ordinates Lat/Long: 50.825 N, 1.162 W). Pilot and sole occupant - Flying Officer (Honorary Flight Lt) Richard Fenner Carter (aged 30) - was killed. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (June 9, 1927 page 385 - see link #3):
"Royal Air Force Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that, as the result of an accident, Flying Officer (Honorary Flight-Lieut.) Richard Fenner Carter was severely injured and died later after an accident near Gosport Aerodrome in his Fairey IIID machine when flying alone on May 13."
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17307-RAF-fatalities-1927
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1927/1927%20-%200423.html?search=Alfred%20Cyril%20Bentley
4. https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/bedenham-gosport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2018 21:24 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-May-2021 19:49 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 27-May-2021 19:53 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
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