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| Date: | Friday 4 November 1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 65 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K8029 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
| RAF Hornchurch |
Gladiator K8029: 09/02/38 Transferred from 54 Squadron, RAF.
Hit by K7939 during formation landing and abandoned at RAF Hornchurch, Essex; 04/11/1938
Crew:
F/O (33131) Leslie Charles BICKNELL (pilot) RAF safe.
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_raf_65.htm
3. http://www.ajbrown.me.uk/IndividualStories/RAF/Chapter8.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2009 22:41 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Jan-2012 12:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Aug-2013 13:23 | JINX | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Aug-2013 16:54 | JINX | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Jun-2015 16:45 | Ing Edcker | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Mar-2018 00:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jul-2022 13:13 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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