ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206924
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Date: | Tuesday 7 January 1936 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Fairey IIIF |
Owner/operator: | 822 Sqn FAA RAF |
Registration: | S1400 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | English Channel, off the Isle of Wight -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Furious, English Channel |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Fairey IIIF S1400, "918" of 822 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Furious. Written off 7/1/36 when crashed into the sea, in the English Channel, off the Isle of Wight. both crew killed:
Flying Officer Philip Herbert Agard-Butler (aged 22)
Telegraphist John Adair Hunter, P/J 112421
According to contemporary newspaper reports ("Portsmouth Evening News" for 9th, 10th, 13th and 17th January 1936) the body of John Adair Hunter "was washed ashore opposite Craigweil House, Bognor Regis, on Wednesday night" (9/1/36)
Sources:
1. Portsmouth Evening News 9th, 10th, 13th and 17th January 1936
2.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm 3.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39 4.
http://www.worldwar1atsea.net/xDKCas1936.htm 5.
http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/iowc.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Mar-2018 18:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
06-Apr-2018 01:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
06-Apr-2018 01:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
02-Nov-2018 19:51 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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