ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208193
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| Date: | Monday 13 March 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K4396 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, off Chesil Beach, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax K4396, 6 FTS, RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire: Written off (destroyed) 13/3/39 when crashed into the English Channel, off Chesil Beach, Dorset, when failed to pull out of a dive and hit the top of the beach before crashing into the sea 20 yards beyond the low tide mark. Pilot - Acting Pilot Officer Adam Eastman de Pencier (aged 25) - killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (March 23, 1939 page 294 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
P/O Adam Eastman de Pencier (flying solo) lost his life in an accident which occurred at Chesil Beach, Dorset, on March 13, to an aircraft of No. 6 Flying Training School, Little Rissington, Gloucestershire"
He is buried in the Warmwell (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Dorset, United Kingdom.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1973 page 33)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939%20-%200832.PDF
4. http://hmvf.co.uk/topic/8135-aircraft-crashes-in-dorset-1939-45/?tab=comments
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/05388.php
6. http://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/dorcrash.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2018 19:13 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Oct-2018 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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