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| Date: | Wednesday 31 May 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 33 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K8053 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Ismailia -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ismalia, Egypt |
17/12/37: Delivered to Packing Depot for crating for overseas shipment
20/01/38: To Aircraft Depot Aboukir for 33 Squadron, RAF
31/05/39: Engine cut due to fuel starvation. Hit mound and overturned near Ismailia, Egypt; pilot safe.
27/11/39: Struck Off Charge.
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_raf_33.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2009 10:39 | JINX | Added |
| 22-Jan-2012 15:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 02-Aug-2013 13:24 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 26-Mar-2018 19:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2018 18:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
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