ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207000
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 January 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Hart |
| Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K4932 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hart K4932, 5 FTS, RAF Sealand, Flintshire: Written off (destroyed) 27/1/37 when crashed and caught fire at Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire (at approximate co ordinates 52.7658°N 3.2727°W). Pilot - Acting Pilot Officer Norman Harwood Brace (aged 19) - was killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (February 4 1937 page 126 - see link #4):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
The Air Ministry regrets to announce that Acting P/O Norman Harwood Brace lost his life in an accident which occurred at Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, on January 27, to an aircraft of No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand. Acting P/O Brace was the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
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. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1937/1937%20-%200328.PDF
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfyllin
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2018 18:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Apr-2018 16:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2018 18:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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