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| Date: | Sunday 23 February 1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 504N |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K1044 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
Avro 504N K1044 was built by A.V. Roe to contract 928312/29 and delivered to Home Aircraft Depot on 2nd November 1929. It was transferred to 608 Squadron at an unknown date.
On 23rd February 1936 this aircraft was flying in fog when the pilot made a forced landing in a bog, the aircraft crashed and overturned. The location of this landing is not yet known but it is suggested to have been in North Yorkshire and if the aircraft was based at Thornaby then within reach of Thornaby airfield. It is probable that the pilot was unable to locate Thornaby in the fog, hence the forced landing...
The damage suffered in this force landing must have been bad as Cat.W/FA damage was recorded, it was struck off charge on 22nd August 1936, repair was possibly considered as it took six months to strike it off charge.
Pilot - F/Lt William Vernon Louis Spendlove RAF (26125).
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/north/k1044.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-504n-north-yorkshire
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2008 12:15 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2013 02:49 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2013 03:50 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Aug-2013 13:19 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Aug-2013 14:20 | JINX | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 02-Aug-2013 14:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Aug-2013 15:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2013 21:04 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 04-Aug-2013 09:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Aug-2013 21:07 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Aug-2014 09:39 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2014 15:29 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2015 09:21 | Dr. John Smih | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Sep-2017 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Dec-2020 20:40 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source, ] |
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