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| Date: | Saturday 28 January 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 33 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K8055 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Haifa, Palestine -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Aboukir, Alexandria, Egypt |
| RAF Haifa, Palestine |
Gloster Gladiator Mk.I K8505 "SO-H" of 33 Squadron, RAF. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28.1.39 when hit barrel on landing at Haifa, Palestine. Formally struck off charge 14.2.39 (total airframe time 160 hours)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 67)
2. http://archive.li/q5aJA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2009 10:41 | JINX | Added |
| 19-Jan-2012 14:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 14-Jul-2013 18:32 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 15-Nov-2017 21:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2018 18:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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