ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207009
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 April 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hind |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K6634 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Little Queensbury Hill, near Dumfries -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Lothian |
| RAF Turnhouse, Lothian | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hind K6634, 83 Squadron, RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Lothian: Written off (destroyed) 7/4/37 when flew into high ground at Little Queensbury Hill, near Dumfries. Both crew killed:
Pilot Officer John Philip Stanley Packer (aged 22)
Corporal Phillip Francis Parker (aged 26)
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" Magazine (April 15, 1937 page 376 - see link #6):
"...Pilot Officer John Philip Stanley Packer and Corporal Phillip Francis Parker lost their lives in an accident which occurred at Queensberry Hill, near Dumfries, on April 7" [1937] "to an aircraft of No. 83 (Bomber) Squadron, Turnhouse, Edinburgh. P/O Packer was the pilot, of the aircraft and Corporal Parker the passenger. This aircraft is the one which was previously reported missing on a triangular flight from Turnhouse via Maybole, Ayrshire, and Dumfries."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 53)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/29050
4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harlowirish/3239042633
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39
6. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%200996.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2018 21:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Apr-2018 23:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 13:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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