ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208453
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 July 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 2 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K7486 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, off Chesil Beach, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warmwell, Dorset |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax Mk.I K7486, 2 FTS, RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire: Written off (destroyed) 12/7/39 when crashed into the sea after hitting towed sleeve target, off Chesil Beach, Dorset. Pilot - 2nd Lt Nuri Muhsin (Royal Iraqi Air Force) - was killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (July 20, 1939 page 67 - see link #3):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
2nd Lt. Nuri Muhsin, Royal Iraqi Air Force, lost his life as the result of an aircraft accident which occurred off Chesil Bank, Dorset, on July 12. 2nd Lt. Muhsin, who was attached to 6 Flying Training School, was flying solo."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 61)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939-1-%20-%200217.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 22:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 18:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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