ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170494
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| Date: | Friday 10 November 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 11 Gp Pool RAF |
| Registration: | L2007 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Seashore, about 1 mile S of RAF St Athan, Glamorgan, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF St Athan, Glamorgan |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I L2007, 11 Group Pool, RAF St. Athan: Written off (destroyed) 10/11/39 when crashed shortly after taking off on a night flight from RAF St Athan, Glamorgan. Aircraft came down on the seashore about one mile south of the airfield (hence the pilots death certificate gives the place of death as "The Aerodrome, St. Athan, Glamorgan").
Pilot Officer (41833) Ernest Ewart CROMPTON (pilot, aged 24) RAF - killed in a flying accident. Ernest Crompton is buried in Deane (St Mary) Churchyard, Junction Road, Bolton, Lancashire
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. The Montreal Gazette - Nov 11, 1939 at https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19391111&id=fjErAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m5gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2798,2177494
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17653-Death-of-Plt-Off-Ernest-Ewart-Crompton-10-November-1939
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2698505/crompton,-ernest-ewart/
6. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2698505
7. http://www.deanechurch.co.uk/pg/p557.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2014 21:50 | angels one five | Added |
| 13-Apr-2015 13:52 | Mihulka33 | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2018 16:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 18:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Apr-2019 00:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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