ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69013
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| Date: | Sunday 29 October 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K7997 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Swarland Dene Farm, 5 miles West of RAF Acklington, Northumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Usworth, near Sunderland, County, Durham |
| RAF Acklington, Northumberland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Gladiator Mk.I K7997, 607 (County of Durham) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 29/10/39 when stalled and spun into the ground at Swarland Dene Farm, 5 miles West of RAF Acklington, Northumberland. Pilot - Flying Officer Alan Otho GLOVER RAF (Service Number 90286, aged 23) - was killed.
The pilot was interred at St Laurence’s Church, Frodsham, Cheshire (see link #7)
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_raf_607.htm
3. http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-WWII1939-40.htm
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2735647/glover,-alan-otho/
6. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10026
7. https://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/parishioner-examines-lives-war-heroes-5230141
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2009 22:28 | JINX | Added |
| 15-Dec-2014 09:51 | Oezil | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Dec-2014 23:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2015 15:19 | Unitex | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2016 12:08 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2016 08:02 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2018 01:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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