ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65763
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 December 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Grumman Goose I (G-21A) |
| Owner/operator: | 1 AAU RAAF |
| Registration: | HK822 |
| MSN: | 1212 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, 15 miles North of Benghazi -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Heliopolis, Egypt |
Presented to the RAF and impressed with the Serial HK822, Operated as "N" Sea Rescue Flight,
20/4/1942 ACF advises 1 Air Ambulance Unit of transfer of aircraft (referred to as Grumman Widgeon 1212),
21/5/1942 Letter from ACF to 1 AAU advising arrangement for transfer,
4/6/1942 Memo from 1 AAU to RAH Western Derset HQ requesting assistance to have the aircraft assembled and consigned,
6/11/1942 Allotted from Sea Rescue Flight to 1 Air Ambulance Unit, AHQ Western Desert to arrange delivery with HQ 201 Group.
9/11/1942 Aircraft noted in 1 AAU monthly Census of Aircraft as allotted from Sea Rescue Flight, HQ Desert Air Force via BARU,
1/12/1942 Received by 1 AAU ex BARU Heliopolis; fitted with P&W Wasp Junior engines 2425 (Port) & 2484 (Starboard),
9/12/1942 Crashed in the Mediterranean 15 miles North of Benghazi on 9 Dec 1942 during 'landing tests" with all crew eventually rescued, All survived the crash and escaped to a rubber dinghy.
They were located by Pilot Officer Carson and Pilot Officer Meldrum in A31-7 the next morning and rescued by ship (Barton) or Walrus (Lever) in the afternoon. Pilots were Flight Lt J Bartle and Pilot Officer McWilliam along with passengers Flying Officer O'Donnell, L/AC G.R. Richards, L/AC J.Richards, L/AC G (or C) Allen & AC1 W. Milburn (RAF).
Note: Some references quote that this aircraft had been registered as G-AFKJ (c/n 1049) on 30.9.38 to Lord Beaverbrook (C of R 8771), but in fact, that aircraft became Goose Mark I, MV993, of No. 24 Squadron RAF based at Hendon, Middlesex, after impressment into Military service on 18.2.41. It appears that references to HK822 and MV993 have been muddled up over the years by various sources. However, MV993 was still in service with 24 Squadron, RAF when it flew Wittering-Newmarket-Booker on 2.10.43 - almost a year after HK822 crashed...
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/goose.htm
2. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/40109-raf-grumman-goose-hk822-ex-g-afkj/
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AFKJ.pdf
4. http://theflyingboatforum.forumlaunch.net/viewtopic.php?p=2940&sid=45967381d376c454b61f84b4fd6c332c
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2009 05:05 | angels one five | Added |
| 15-Jun-2009 05:20 | angels one five | Updated |
| 30-Jan-2011 11:02 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2011 10:19 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2017 00:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2018 19:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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