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| Date: | Wednesday 30 August 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 4 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K7505 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rutbah Wells, Al Anbar Province -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rutbah, Iraq |
| RAF Rutbah |
Hawker Audax Mk.1 K7505, 4 FTS, RAF Abu Sueir, Ismailia, Egypt: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30/8/39 when dived into the ground off turn in circuit, near Rutbah Wells, Al-Anbar Province, Iraq. Both crew killed:
Pilot Officer Clive James (pilot) killed
LAC Harry Lee (Air Gunner, aged 20) killed
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. RAF Casualties-1939.
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Feb-2008 11:25 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Mar-2013 18:22 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2013 18:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jul-2013 03:37 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Mar-2018 19:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Mar-2018 22:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Nov-2018 18:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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