ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207083
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| Date: | Friday 3 September 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Osprey Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 801 Sqn FAA RAF |
| Registration: | K3622 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | HMS Furious, off Ryde, Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Furious, off Ryde, Isle of Wight |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Osprey III K3622, C Flt 801 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, RAF Gosport: Written off (destroyed) 3/9/37 when hit the side of HMS Furious, off Ryde, Isle of Wight. Pilot - Flying Officer Charles Anthony Knocker (aged 22, Sub-Lt, RN) - was killed
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (September 9, 1937 page 264 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Sub-Lt. Charles Anthony Knocker, Royal Navy, Flying Officer, Royal Air Force, lost his life in an accident which occurred off the Isle of Wight on September 3 to an aircraft of the R.A.F. Station, Gosport, Hants. Sub-Lt. Knocker was the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976, page 26)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1937/1937%20-%202506.PDF
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170912054316/http://www.naval-history.net:80/xDKCas1937.htm
5. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/iowc.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2018 18:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Mar-2018 18:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Nov-2018 18:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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