ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206270
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Date: | Saturday 26 March 1938 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Hind |
Owner/operator: | 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K5498 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Breich, near West Calder, Midlothian -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hind K5498, 603 Squadron, RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh. Written off (destroyed) 26.3.38: Crashed while low-flying, Breich, near West Calder, Midlothian. Both crew were killed:
Flying Officer Cecil Alexander Grove Thomson (pilot aged 36)
AC2 Robert Henderson Starrett (W/op Air Gunner, aged 21)
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (31.3.38 page 322, see link #3)
"F/O. Alexander Grove Thomson and A/C.2 Robert Henderson Starrett, of No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) (Bomber) Squadron, A.A.F lost their lives in an accident on Saturday, March 26"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm 3.
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%200896.PDF 4.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39/page3 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Feb-2018 02:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
09-Oct-2018 17:41 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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