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Date: | Sunday 11 March 1934 |
Time: | |
Type: | Westland Wallace Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 501 (City of Bristol) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K3563 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Crossways, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Filton, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Westland Wallace Mk.III K3563, 501 (City of Bristol) Squadron, Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Written off (destroyed) 11/3/34 crashing after engine failure at Crossways, Thornbury, Gloucestershire. One of the two crew was killed.
L.A/C Charles Edward Griffiths (aged 22) killed.
Flying Officer William Kent Le May parachuted to safety.
According to contemporary reports:
"Charles Edward Griffiths Killed 11 March 1934 when a Wallace K3563, No.501 Squadron, abandoned near Thornbury, Gloucestertshire, when the crew believed it was on fire.
The airman was Aircraftman Charles Edward Griffiths Special Reserve .
Choked by fumes from an accumulator, the pilot of a Wallace ordered his passenger to drop by parachute, and did so himself successfully. The passenger had left his parachute pack unattached to his harness: he was unable to use it and was killed. The pilot who baled out OK was F/O William Kent Le May of RAF Special Reserve."
Westland Wallace Mk.II K3563 was converted in February 1933 from Westland Wapiti Mk.IIA K1345, and struck off charge on 6/4/34
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 19786 page 25)
2. De Sumatra post 07-04-1934
https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010361986:mpeg21:a0167 3.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/16576082120 4.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17796-RAF-Fatalities-1934 Media:
The funeral of Charles Edward Griffiths at Canford Cemetery, Bristol, March 1934:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jan-2018 15:24 |
Cobar |
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21-May-2018 15:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
09-Oct-2018 17:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
12-Feb-2022 20:50 |
Jinx 40 |
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05-Jul-2022 10:13 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |