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| Date: | Sunday 7 August 1938 |
| Time: | 00:10 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Harrow Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 37 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K6961 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Conyer's Green, Great Barton, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk -
United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk |
| Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Flew into high ground in bad visibility on night exercise, at Vicarage Farm, Conyer's Green, Great Barton, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. All five crew killed:
Pilot: Flying Officer John Adam RAF killed.
Pilot Officer Albert George Gillespie RAF killed.
Pilot Officer Edward Rayment White RAF killed.
AC Charles Carter Noxon Suthers RAF killed.
AC Patrick Joseph McGovern RAF killed.
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. Aircraft photo here: [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.sywellaerodrome.co.uk/gallery/large/sywellaerodrome1374.jpg] and
3.
http://www.stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk/Chronicle/C20pics/crash1938.jpg 4.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm 5.
http://www.stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk/Chronicle/1900-1945.htm 6.
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%202411.PDF Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 20-Oct-2009 16:56 |
JINX |
Added |
| 27-Feb-2018 13:12 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Mar-2018 01:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:41 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |