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| Date: | Thursday 2 August 1928 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Woodcock Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | |
| 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: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire |
Hawker Woodcock Mk.II, 3 Squadron, RAF Upavon, Wiltshire: Written off (destroyed) 2/8/1928 when crashed at the Holbeach Bombing Range, Gedney Drove End, The Wash, Lincolnshire. Pilot and sole occupant - Flight Lt Lance Harold Browning MC DFC (aged 31) - was killed. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (August 16, 1928 page 718 - see link #4):
"Royal Air Force Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the result of an accident at Holbeach Ranges, to a Woodcock machine of No. 3 (Fighter) Squadron, Sutton Bridge, on August 2, Flight-Lieutenant Lance Harold Browning, M.C., D.F.C., 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?17344-RAF-fatalities-1928
3. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1920s-incident-logs#1928
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1928/1928%20-%200774.PDF
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?991-1920s-Meteorological-Section-photo/page5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2018 12:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Nov-2018 07:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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