ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203029
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| Date: | Saturday 25 August 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.2 Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | George Joseph Armstrong-Evans |
| Registration: | G-ACKI |
| MSN: | 11 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Morston Airfield, Blakeney, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk |
| Morston Airfield, Blakeney, Norfolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 4457) 13.10.33 as G-ACKI to George Joseph Armstrong-Evans, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (aircraft based at Woodley Aerodrome, Reading, Berkshire).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25.8.34 when crashed on approach to Morston Airfield, Blakeney, Norfolk. Pilot - Pilot Officer Peter Hilary Pomeroy Simonds (RAF) aged 24, killed. He had been posted on 28.8.33 to No.207 (Bomber) Squadron, Bircham Newton, from where the Miles M.2 Hawk took off. Passenger/owner George Joseph Armstrong-Evans injured. Simonds' funeral was held at Finchampstead at 3 pm on the 29.8.34.
The "Western Daily Press" of August 28th 1934 records the inquest into P/O Simonds’ death:
"A verdict that death was from injuries received through the accidental nose-diving of the aeroplane in which he was a passenger, was recorded yesterday at an inquest on R.A.F. Pilot Officer Peter Simonds, of Bircham Newton, who was killed at Morston, North Norfolk, on Saturday.
Simonds got into an aeroplane at Blakeney golf course to show a friend named Armstrong Evans, who had flown with another man from Wolverhampton, where to park his plane. The machine was preparing to land when it nose-dived from a height of 200 feet.
Evans is still seriously ill, and a doctor said he would take at least six weeks to recover."
Registration G-ACKI cancelled by the Air Ministry 7.12.34 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
NOTE: One source (see link #6) states that BOTH on board were killed. However, this is not separately corroborated by other sources. The above newspaper report would indicate the George Armstrong-Evans did not die, but eventually recovered from his injuries, by October 1934.
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACKI.pdf
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17796-RAF-Fatalities-1934
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.htmll
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
6. http://www.hambo.org/lancing/view_man.php?id=355
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2017 00:54 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-May-2018 21:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2023 17:10 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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