ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207411
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| Date: | Saturday 14 May 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hütter Hü 17 |
| Owner/operator: | R S Rattray, Amy Johnson, Peggy Thring & John Saffer |
| Registration: | G331 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Farmoor, Berkshire, 3.5 miles W of Oxford -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cumnor Meadow, Oxfordshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hütter H 17 G331, owner by R S Rattray, Amy Johnson, Peggy Thring & John Saffery: Written off (destroyed) 14/5/38 when went out of control and spun into the ground at Farmoor, Berkshire, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of the centre of Oxford. Pilot - Captain Robert Sutherland Rattray CBE OBE (aged 56) - was killed.
Glider had taken off from the Oxford University Gliding Club base at Cumnor Meadow, Oxfordshire (the site is now lost, lying at the bottom of Farmoor Reservoir).
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sutherland_Rattray
3. Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Ghana, 1985, p. 153.
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Gliding_Club
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmoor_Reservoir
6. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/cookieAbsent
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2018 18:17 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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