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| Date: | Friday 2 December 1938 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Hawker Demon Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K4498 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hendon, Middlesex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hendon, Middlesex |
| RAF Hendon, Middlesex |
Hawker Demon K4498: Written off 02/12/1938 when ran over flare on landing at RAF Hendon, Middlesex & caught fire, being Damaged Beyond Repair. Relegated to a GIA (Ground Instructional Airframe) 1243M in January 1939.
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.604warbirds.freeservers.com/history.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2009 21:00 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2012 06:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 06-Jul-2013 13:43 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 14-Oct-2013 04:44 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 18-Nov-2013 17:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2018 19:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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