ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209746
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| Date: | Saturday 30 September 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hind |
| Owner/operator: | Abingdon SF RAF |
| Registration: | K5373 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 miles north of RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Catfoss, East Yorkshire |
| RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hind K5373, RAF Abingdon Station Flight: Written off (destroyed) 30/9/39 on a cross-country flight from Catfoss to Abingdon. It was seen flying at low level, observed to strike the ground, then a hedge after which it flew for a further mile and dived into a field two miles north of Cranwell where it caught fire. Both crew were killed:
Pilot Officer George John Habgood (Service Number 41402) RAF killed
Pilot Officer Joe Ralph (Service Number 41463) RAF killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 42
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
3. http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1939-incident-logs
4. http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/lincolnshire-plane-crashes-during-world-war-ii
5. http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/a15-lincolnshire-road-ghost-ruskington-sleaford.39784/page-4#post-1718414
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2436334/habgood,-george/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2436208/ralph,-joe/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Apr-2018 18:19 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Apr-2018 18:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2018 18:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2019 23:03 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Jul-2023 21:44 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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