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| Date: | Friday 6 May 1938 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K5598 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Sealand, Queens Ferry, Flintshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
| RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
Audax K5598: Bounced and stalled on night overshoot, Sealand on 6/5/38. Pilot, Acting Pilot Officer Errol Desmond Gimson (and a New Zealander) was killed. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" Magazine (19/5/38 page 489 - see link #3):
"Flying Accidents:
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accidents:—-
Acting Pilot Officer Errol Desmond Gimson lost his life in an accident which occurred at Sealand on May 6 to an aircraft of No. 5 F.T.S., Sealand, Queen's Ferry, Chester. Acting Pilot Officer Gimson was the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 44)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%201389.PDF
4. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/obituaries-Inquests/1938.May.Obituaries.Inquests.Christchurch.Press..html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2008 10:21 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Feb-2018 00:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Mar-2018 23:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 21-Nov-2018 19:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jun-2023 21:25 | Nepa | Updated |
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