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| Date: | Wednesday 20 July 1927 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Gloster Gamecock Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 32 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | J7907 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Holbeach Bombing Range, Gedney Drove End, The Wash, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire |
Gloster Gamecock Mk.I, 32 Squadron, RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey: Written off (destroyed) 20/7/1927 when crashed during target practice, Holbeach Bombing Range, Gedney Drove End, The Wash, Lincolnshire. Pilot and sole occupant - Pilot Officer Richard Griffith Pace (aged 22) - was killed.
According to one source (see link #5) this accident was only the second ever aircraft crash at the Holbeach Ranges, and the first fatal crash. (There was a non-fatal crash three hours before the crash of Gamecock J7907). According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (August 11, 1927 page 569 - see link #6)
"Royal Air Force Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the result of an accident at Holbeach ranges, Lincoln, to a Gamecock machine of No. 32 (Fighter) Squadron. Kenley, Surrey, on July 20, Pilot Officer Richard Griffith Pace, 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?17307-RAF-fatalities-1927
3. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1920s-incident-logs#1927
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?20227-J-Serials-Lookup-J7907-Gamecock
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?16876-F-O-W-A-Andrews-19-Sqn-1927
6. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1927/1927%20-%200617.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2018 20:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Nov-2018 07:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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