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| Date: | Tuesday 23 July 1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Hawker Demon Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 65 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K3779 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Muggleswick, near Consett, County Durham, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
Crashed. Pilot Squadron Leader Geoffrey Ambler and observer Norman "Jock" Cameron sustained injuries. According to an eyewitness report from Norman Cameron's daughter:
"At Muggleswade, Consett, as a passenger in an aircraft doing aerobatics, his plane crashed, in fields full of hay and hit a hay-rick, which caused it to turn over. The occupants were left hanging upside down in their straps, and he fell on his head and cut it open. The fear smell of petrol and fire remained with him forever, ever."
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s (James J/ Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://picturestocktonarchive.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/raf-thornaby-on-tees-1912-1939-2/
3. http://wpalette.com/system/pictures/3/2/1/b/42892/original.jpg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2009 15:27 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Jan-2012 12:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 14-Jul-2013 02:52 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 02-Aug-2013 13:18 | JINX | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 02-Aug-2013 14:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Aug-2013 12:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 04-Aug-2013 06:52 | JINX | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 04-Aug-2013 09:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 04-Aug-2013 21:08 | JINX | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 12-Jan-2015 00:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jun-2015 16:23 | Ing Edcker | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Jan-2016 06:23 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Oct-2017 00:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 15-Feb-2018 08:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 23-Feb-2022 08:02 | Jinx 40 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Jul-2022 10:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 21-Jul-2022 13:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 21-Feb-2024 09:41 | Anon. | Updated [Location, ] |
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