ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207072
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 August 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hind |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K5452 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Scatgate Farm, Cottisford, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hind K5452, 18 Squadron, RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire: Written off (destroyed) 10/8/37 when stalled on approach, Scatgate Farm, Cottisford, Oxfordshire, three-and-a-half miles south of Brackley, Northamptonshire. Both crew killed:
Sgt William Jeremiah Postlethwaite (aged 24)
AC1 Robert Ernest Barber (aged 27)
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (August 19, 1937 page 196 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Sgt. William Jeremiah Postlethwaite and A/C.1 Robert Ernest Barber lost their lives as the result of an accident which occurred at Cottisford, Oxfordshire, on August 10, to an aircraft of No. 18 (Bomber) Squadron. Sgt. Postlethwaite was the pilot and A/C.1 Barber the passenger of the aircraft."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Brtiain, 1976 page 43)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%202318.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottisford
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2018 16:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Mar-2018 16:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Apr-2018 22:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 18:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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