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| Date: | Tuesday 11 August 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | Hawker Aircraft |
| Registration: | R7692 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Thorpe, Surrey, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Langley, Berks |
A Hawker test pilot, Mr Kenneth G. Seth Smith, was killed when the tailplane of his Typhoon detached in flight as the result of fatigue failure of the elevator mass balance mounting bracket.
Sources:
http://www.testflyingmemorial.com/index.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-May-2010 07:15 | angels one five | Added |
| 23-Jan-2012 12:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 19-Apr-2015 19:28 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 18-Jul-2021 11:35 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
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