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| Date: | Thursday 9 June 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 504N |
| Owner/operator: | 2 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K1815 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Between Bloxholme & Digby, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Digby, Lincolnshire |
Avro 504Ns F8812 and K1815, both of 2 FTS, RAF Digby; destroyed 9.6.32 in mid air collision, Bloxholme, near Digby, Lincolnshire. Both pilots of both aircraft - Pilot Officer John David Best (aged 23) and Pilot Officer Horatio Bethune Leggatt (aged 22) were killed. (Although it is not certain which pilot was in which aircraft)
Struck off charge as Cat.E (FA) 4.7.32
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 10)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-504n-near-digby-1-killed
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17601-RAF-fatalities-1932&styleid=3
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1932
6. http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/digby/digby_crashes.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2008 15:37 | JINX | Added |
| 26-Jan-2012 14:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Jul-2013 03:48 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 16-Nov-2017 02:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Nov-2018 20:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator, ] |
| 31-Oct-2019 22:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 20-Jul-2023 09:43 | Nepa | Updated |
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