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| Date: | Saturday 29 May 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Fury Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K2076 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, West Sussex |
Hawker Fury K2076: Written off (destroyed) 29/5/37 when stalled & spun into the ground during an Empire Air Day display at RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex. Pilot: Sgt John Geoffrey Tanfield RAF (aged 20) killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (June 3, 1937 page 562 - see link #4)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Sgt. Pilot John Geoffrey Tanfield lost his life in an accident which occurred to an aircraft of No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, Tangmere. Sgt. Pilot Tanfield was the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft."
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. http://screenarchive.brighton.ac.uk/detail/8965/
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%201486.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2009 09:45 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Mar-2018 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Apr-2018 17:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Apr-2018 17:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 03-May-2023 10:30 | Nepa | Updated |
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