Accident Hawker Demon Mk I K2843, Monday 21 March 1938
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Date:Monday 21 March 1938
Time:night
Type:Hawker Demon Mk I
Owner/operator:29 Sqn RAF
Registration: K2843
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Tangmere, West Sussex
Destination airport:RAF Tangmere, West Sussex
Narrative:
Hawker Demon K2843: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21/3/38 when overshot flarepath & ran into a ditch being on landing at RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex

Sources:

1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Oct-2009 07:57 JINX Added
11-Mar-2018 19:25 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
08-Oct-2018 18:11 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
03-May-2023 10:37 Nepa Updated

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