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| Date: | Saturday 4 April 1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Westland Wapiti Mk IIa |
| Owner/operator: | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K1144 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tunstall Hill, near Sunderland, County Durham, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Usworth, Sunderland, Co. Durham |
Westland Wapiti, K1144 force landed and overturned into a ploughed field to the west of Tunstall Hill near Sunderland, County Durham, on April 4, 1936. The pilot was Flt Lt Noel Christie Singer, adjutant and flying instructor on 607 Squadron, observer was Sgt Frederick Anderson, both were uninjured. Maintenance crews from Usworth dismantled the aircraft next day and recovered it back to RAF Usworth. Presumably not repaired, as struck off charge 24.6.36
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 p.6)
2. http://norav.50megs.com/photo3_2.html
3. Photo of damaged airframe: http://norav.50megs.com/cgi-bin/i/images/wapiti_crash.jpg
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7607-Wapiti-Crash-1936
5. http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/PhotoArch/607SqnPreWWII/img012.jpg
Images:
The crash of Wapiti K1144
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2008 23:11 | Anon. | Added |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:03 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2013 03:53 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Aug-2013 14:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 06-Aug-2013 04:13 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 24-Aug-2013 08:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Oct-2013 20:05 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 15-Nov-2013 15:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 08-Feb-2017 22:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jul-2023 18:34 | Nepa | Updated |
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