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| Date: | Friday 8 January 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Saunders-Roe A.29 Cloud |
| Owner/operator: | STS RAF |
| Registration: | K2897 |
| MSN: | A.29/4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Calshot, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Calshot, Hampshire |
Delivered 19.5.33, to B Fit Calshot, to STF. Written off 8/1/37: nosed over on the slipway at Calshot, Hampshire while taxying and damaged its bow and planing bottom. Aircraft deemed damaged beyond economic repair, and struck off charge. Damaged airframe to Ground Instructional Air Frame 938M by/on 31.1.37
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151688125/view
3. https://mxdoc.com/saunders-and-saro-aircraft-since-1917.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2009 07:27 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Oct-2009 07:38 | JINX | Updated |
| 03-Mar-2018 19:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Dec-2018 18:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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