ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68760
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| Date: | Saturday 2 January 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Fury Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K8221 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Shunner Howe, Glaisdale Head, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Fury Mk.I K8221 was built to contract 419059/35 by General Aircraft Ltd at Hanworth. It was issued directly to 9 FTS at Thornaby on 24th July 1936.
Fury K8221 was being flown on a training flight from RAF Thornaby on 2nd January 1937 when it encountered a very thick layer of fog which had covered much of the North Yorkshire Moors and the surrounding area. The aircraft crashed on high ground whilst descending through a layer of cloud
A press report has been found in the Whitby Gazette and confirms that the aircraft crashed near Shunner Howe on 2nd January 1937. It states that the Thornaby-based pilot was undertaking an altitude test and had flying at 1,000 feet when the aircraft entered a bank of cloud, the pilot descended through a layer of cloud but was met with a hillside in front of him so to avoid crashing he force-landed on moorland and the aircraft was badly damaged. The weather on 2nd January 1937 was horrendous, at least five other aircraft force landed in the North Yorkshire Moors area on this day due to the thick fog.
Pilot - Acting P/O Bonar Roy Whaley RAF (37919). Of Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. Slightly injured.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/preww2/k8221.html
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/96127522@N04/49156906457/in/photostream/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2009 13:54 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Oct-2013 08:32 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2014 18:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 03-Mar-2018 19:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2018 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Oct-2020 19:01 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
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