ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207029
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| Date: | Saturday 5 June 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hind |
| Owner/operator: | 98 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K6613 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Auchengaille Farm, Port William, Wigtownshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hind K6613, 98 Squadron, RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire: Written off (destroyed) 5/6/37 when crashed into high ground and caught fire, Auchengaille Farm, Port William, Wigtownshire. Both crew killed
Pilot Officer Patrick Herbert Edward Burke killed
Corporal Stanley Metcalfe killed
The Air Ministry announcement in Flight on the 17th June 1937 stated:
"P/O Patrick Herbert Edward Burke and Corporal Stanley Metcalfe lost their lives in an accident which occurred at Port William, Wigtownshire, on June 5, to an aircraft of No. 98 (Bomber) Squadron.”
NOTE: Hawker Hind K6614 (also of 98 Squadron RAF Hucknall) crashed on the same day (5/6/37) at Threshthwaite Cove, Patterdale, Cumbria, and its crew of 2 were also killed. The two crashes have sometimes became mixed up in published sources.
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. http://www.rafjever.org/98squadhistory2.htm
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?538-Peak-Country-aircraft-loss-6th-June-1937
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2018 18:32 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Mar-2018 18:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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