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| Date: | Tuesday 17 December 1929 |
| Time: | 21:40 UTC |
| Type: | Fairey Long-Range Monoplane |
| Owner/operator: | LRDU RAF |
| Registration: | J9479 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mountains near Zaghouan, about 30 mi. S of Tunis -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell |
| Capetown |
J9479 was one of two Fairey Long-Range Monoplanes built for the Long Range Development Unit, Royal Air Force, for experimental long distance flying.
On the 17th of December 1929 the plane took off from RAF Cranwell to fly to Capetown, South Africa non-stop.
At 9:40 p.m. GMT the aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain in northern Tunisia.
Both pilots were killed.
Squadron-Leader Arthur Gordon Jones-Williams MC RAF, and Flight-Lieutenant Norman Hugh Jenkins OBE DFC DSM RAF, killed in a flying accident.
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929-1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Jun-2013 07:20 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jul-2013 14:06 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jul-2013 10:39 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Oct-2013 22:24 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Mar-2019 06:33 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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