ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210995
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| Date: | Friday 17 June 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Cambridge UAS RAF |
| Registration: | K2529 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Mk.I, Cambridge University Air Squadron, RAF Duxford: Written off (destroyed) 17/6/32 when spun into the ground on approach to RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire. Pilot - Pilot Officer Geoffrey Douglas Watson (RAFO) - was killed.
According to a contemporary local newspaper report ("Gloucester Citizen" - Saturday 18 June 1932):
HOBBY BRINGS DEATH.
UNDERGRADUATES FLYING CRASH.
Mr. Geoffrey Douglas Watson, of Pembroke College, who had just begun his second year there, was killed yesterday in an air accident at Netheravon in Wiltshire. A trained pilot, he was an officer of the Special Reserve, and at the time of the accident was training with the Cambridge University Air Squadron.
He was a student of architecture, and immediately before proceeding on training with the air squadron he had passed on of his architectural examinations. Mr Watson was born in India and his home was at Crowborough.
A big man physically, he devoted himself arduously to his studies, and flying was his only recreation."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air britain, 1976 page 16)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
3. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11922.0;wap2
4. http://britishaviation-ptp.com/aw_atlas.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2018 17:34 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-May-2018 11:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2018 16:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-May-2021 20:12 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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