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| Date: | Tuesday 29 March 1938 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Handley Page Heyford Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K4871 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Finningley, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
| RAF Finningley |
Handley Page Heyford II K4871, 7 Squadron, RAF. Written off when undershot landing at RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire, on 29/3/1938 and Damaged Beyond Repair. All three crew survived, albeit two of them with injuries. One of the crew - AC.1 Jack Guest - was awarded the B.E.M. (British Empire Medal) on 9/6/1938 as part of that years Birthday Honours List for his bravery and gallantry in rescuing the other two crew members
Crew:
Pilot: S/Ldr John Nicolson Jaques (29154) RAF - sustained Shock and minor injury.
Navigator: P/O Byron Francis Burbridge (39374) RAF - sustained Shock and abrasions
WOp/AG: AC.1 Jack Guest (525488) RAF - uninjured, awarded B.E.M. (see above)
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (August 25, 1938 page 172):
"J. GUEST, of No. 7 (Bomber) Squadron, Finningley, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) for an act of gallantry on March 29. He was wireless operator in a Heyford which was engaged in a night flight.
When about to land the Heyford hit a tree and crashed in flames. Guest was thrown clear, but he pulled the two other occupants, Sqn. Ldr. J. N. Jaques and P/O B. F. Burbridge, out of the flames. He was assisted by a farmer, Mr. G. Linley, in rescuing the second officer, and the latter has received a letter from the Air Council expressing high appreciation of his action."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11064-50-Squadron-Hampden-AE-226&styleid=3
3. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1938/1938%20-%202408.html?search=J.%20Guest
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jul-2018 00:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Jul-2018 00:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jul-2018 00:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, ] |
| 10-Nov-2018 18:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 15-May-2024 21:15 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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