Date:	Thursday 21 July 1938
Time:	night
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	105 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K7689
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Lasham, near Alton, Basingstoke Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Battle K7689: Written off (destroyed) 21/7/38 when abandoned after control lost, over Lasham, near Alton, Basingstoke, Hampshire, during searchlight co-operation exercise.
Crew:
AC.1 Francis Howard KENT (517054) RAF - killed on active service 21/7/1938
AC.1 Albert William James ROBINSON (550084) RAF - killed on active service 21/7/1938
Sgt (580040) Albert Joseph Charles EAGLES (pilot) RAF - bailed out unhurt

According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" Magazine (July 28, 1938 page 92 - see link #5):

"FLYING ACCIDENTS
No. 517054 A/C.1 Albert William James Robinson and No. 550084 A/C.1 Francis Howard Kent lost their lives in an accident which occurred near Basingstoke on July 21, to an aircraft of No. 105 (Bomber) Squadron, Harwell, Berkshire. A/C Robinson and A/C. Kent formed the crew of the aircraft, the pilot of which, No. 580040 Sgt. Albert Joseph Charles Eagles, was not injured."

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 63)
2. Belfast News-Letter - Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland 22 July 1938
3. Ballymena Weekly Telegraph - Ballymena, Antrim, Northern Ireland 30 July 1938
4. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p,129)
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
6. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%202182.PDF

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Mar-2018 20:04	Dr. John Smith	Added
14-Mar-2018 20:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator]
16-Oct-2018 19:18	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
22-Oct-2020 22:00	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
31-Jan-2022 20:11	Lipatov Sergey	Updated [Narrative]
03-Nov-2022 06:24	KLN	Updated [Narrative]