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| Date: | Thursday 22 September 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Saunders-Roe A.29 Cloud |
| Owner/operator: | 9 ERFTS RAF |
| Registration: | K3723 |
| MSN: | A.26/7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Walsgrave, near Coventry, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire |
Delivered 5.12.33, with unusual four-bladed propellers, to School of Air Pilotage, RAF Andover. Later to 48 Squadron, RAF, thence to 9 ERFTS. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Walsgrave, near Coventry, 22.9.38. The crew conducting a training mission when an engine failed. The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing in a field located in Walsgrave, in the suburbs of Coventry. All three crew escaped unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew: Pilot only known. Pilot/Instructor - Flying Officer E R H Coombes RAF OK.
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. SAUNDERS AND SARO AIRCRAFT SINCE 1917 at https://mxdoc.com/saunders-and-saro-aircraft-since-1917.html
3. http://modern-history.biz/dw/ACA_Great_British_Flying-boats.pdf
4. http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Shumaker/6238.htm
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-saro-a29-cloud-walsgrave
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2009 07:36 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Oct-2009 07:38 | JINX | Updated |
| 16-Mar-2018 18:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Mar-2018 18:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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