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| Date: | Friday 23 August 1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Atlas TM |
| Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | J9471 |
| MSN: | AW.388 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hill Top Farm, Harrowby Hall, Hall Lane, near Grantham, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire |
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas TM J9471, 3 FTS, RAF Grantham: Written off (destroyed) 23/8/1929 when spun into the ground on practice forced landing approach, Hill Top Farm, Harrowby Hall, Hall Lane, near Grantham, Lincolnshire (at approximate co ordinates 52.9115°N 0.6098°). One of the crew of two was killed, the other injured:
LAC Ernest George Pritchard Lane (Service Number 364690, aged 21) killed
Flight Lt Reginald Pyne seriously injured
AW Atlas J9471 was one of a batch of 30 aircraft (J9448-J9477 c/n AW.365-AW.394) ordered from Armstrong Whitworth, Whitley, to contract 837620/28 to meet Specification 12/28.
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17392-RAF-fatalities-1929
3. http://britishaviation-ptp.com/aw_atlas.html
4. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1920s-incident-logs#1929
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowby_Hall
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2018 22:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 20-Nov-2018 18:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator, ] |
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