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| Date: | Monday 25 September 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Fury Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K2073 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Thorney Manor, near Emsworth, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex |
Hawker Fury Mk.I K2073, 1 Squadron, RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/9/33 when crashed at Thorney Manor, near Emsworth, Hampshire. Pilot and sole occupant - Sgt William Molesworth Hodge (Service Number 507233, aged 25) - was killed
One positive outcome of this accident was that the potential for the Thorney Manor area as an airfield was recognised during the subsequent crash investigation and, with war clouds gathering over Europe, an airfield at Thorney Island was developed and commissioned in 1938.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17674-RAF-Fatalities-1933
4. https://www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/sussex-memorials/5070-thorney-island-fury-crash-memorial
5. https://www.tisc.org.uk/the-club/club-history
6. http://www.sailingnetworks.com/organisation/view/4869
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2009 09:36 | JINX | Added |
| 24-Jan-2012 13:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 14-Jul-2013 16:33 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 27-Nov-2014 19:39 | weeks | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 09-Feb-2017 15:46 | rvargast17 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-May-2018 21:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Nov-2018 16:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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