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| Date: | Monday 31 August 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Gloster Gauntlet Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd |
| Registration: | K4081 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hucclecote, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hucclecote, Gloucestershire |
Gloster Gauntlet K4081; The first of twenty-four production Gauntlet Is K4081 (to Contract 285263/33 and Specification 24/33, dated September 1933) first flew on 17/12/34 piloted by P E G "Gerry" Sayer. To Director of Technical Development at Glosters, 1/1/35 (Fitted with wheel spats). To Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment for type trials, 8/1/35. To Bristols to fit Mercury VI engine, 24/5/35. Returned to Glosters, 21/7/35. Back to Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment, 22/8/35. Returned to Glosters, 14/10/35
Written off (damaged beyond repair) Crashed while with Glosters, at Hucclecote, Gloucestershire 31/8/36. Wreck to Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment, 15/7/37. Total flying time on airframe 187.40 hours
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s by James J Halley (Air Britain, 1995 p 179)
2. https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/gloster-gauntlet
3. http://mmpbooks.biz/gauntlet/AppendixGauntlet.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Gauntlet
5. https://rclibrary.co.uk/files_titles/1658/Profile_010_Gloster_Gauntlet.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2009 22:08 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Feb-2020 13:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2020 13:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2020 13:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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