ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209774
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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 9 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K7334 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Uppingham, Rutland, East Midlands, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax Mk.I K7334, 9 FTS, RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire: Written off (destroyed) 7/10/39 when flew into high ground in bad weather at Uppingham, Rutland**. Pilot - Sgt Kenneth George Sherman (Service Number 745865, aged 19) - was killed.
**NOTE: Sources differ as to the location of the crash. Some state that Audax K7334 crashed near Hullavington, Wiltshire (home base of 9 FTS, RAF). Others that the aircraft crashed at Uppingham, Rutland.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 60)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2450763/sherman,-kenneth-george/
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59358032
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2018 16:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 06-Dec-2018 17:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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