ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209707
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| Date: | Thursday 18 January 1940 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  North American Harvard Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | N7144 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Brize Norton |
Harvard N7144: Written off (destroyed) 18/1/40 when engaged in an instrument flying sortie. At around 09:30 the aircraft descended below the briefed height of 2,000 feet and attempted to join another formation. Whilst doing so the aircraft stalled, entered a spin and had insufficient height to recover. It hit trees and crashed near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Crew:
P/O Arthur John Mullock (42423) RAF who was at the controls, was killed. The safety pilot, who survived the accident, was P/O Noel Eric Berrington-Pickett and it is his name which appears on the AM Form 1180.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Brtiain, 1983)
2. http://www.chippingnortonbritishlegion.com/wartime-plane-crashes-around-chipping-norton.php
3. http://corfield.port5.com/web/7607.htm
4. https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/arthur-john-mullock/164602153
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?12037-Harvard-Accident-18-Jan-40
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?20296-List-of-Guinea-Pig-Club-Members/page10
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2711942/mullock,-arthur-john/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2018 20:15 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Nov-2018 21:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-May-2019 01:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2024 10:26 | Nepa | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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