ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211287
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| Date: | Friday 29 December 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Bristol Bulldog IIA |
| Owner/operator: | 111 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K1685 |
| MSN: | 7542 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hall Farm, Hall Lane, Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
| RAF Hornchurch, Essex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Bristol Bulldog Mk.IIA K1685, 111 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch: Written off (destroyed) 29/12/33 when spun into the ground on approach to RAF Hornchurch. Forty minutes after take off crashed into a potato field at Hall Farm, Hall Lane, Shenfield, near Brentwood, Essex, throwing out the pilot, who was killed. Bulldog K1685 was struck off Squadron strength 12 days later (10/1/34) and is thought likely to have been the aircraft involved in this crash.
Pilot - Flying Officer Ronald Rowley Murphy (New Zealander, Service Number 320514 aged 25) - was killed. According to a contemporary newspaper report ("Sunday Times", Perth, WA Sunday 31 Dec 1933 Page 5 - see link #5)
"PILOT KILLED
BODY CATAPULTED 300 YARDS
Fate of a New Zealander
LONDON, Saturday.
Flying-officer Ronald Rowley Murphy (22), of Tokamara, Kew Zealand, was killed at Shenfield owing to a crash in a solo fight in a Bulldog aeroplane during manoeuvres from Hornchurch Aerodrome. Forty minutes after starting the machine unaccountably nose-dived into soft earth in a potato field, an explosion catapulting Murphy and, the engine 300 yards into the next field.
The body was unrecognisable and the aeroplane was a tangle of twisted metal containing Murphy's helmet and boots. An eye-witness said Murphy's and another machine were flying together when Murphy's engine began spitting, swooped,'and crashed.
The other pilot, owing to low visibility was apparently unaware of the disaster, and flew back to the aerodrome."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 9)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17674-RAF-Fatalities-1933
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3446-Bulldog-111S-29-12-33
5. Sunday Times (Perth, WA Sunday 31 Dec 1933 Page 5) at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/4378935
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-May-2018 14:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-May-2018 15:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2018 18:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Jul-2023 22:03 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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