ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211535
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 May 1925 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Fairey Fawn Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | J7231 |
| MSN: | F.532 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | near RAF Andover, Hampshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Andover, Hampshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Fawn Mk.II, J7231, 12 Squadron, RAF Andover: Involved in a fatal accident on 26/5/25 near Andover, Hampshire when the Wireless operator was fatally electrocuted while the aircraft was in flight. The cause was supposedly by “atmospheric electricity".
Crew:
Flight Sgt Frank Lowry (Wireless Operator) killed
Flying Officer John Kenneth Smith (pilot) unhurt
According to a contemporary newspaper report ("London Daily Mail", May 28, 1925)
At Andover, Hampshire, Flight Sergeant Frank Lowry, and Flying Officer John Kenneth Smith, pilot, were in an aeroplane, making wireless tests. They had been in the air about fifteen minutes, when Smith, having called to his companion, without hearing from him, looked around, and saw smoke coming from the back cockpit, and saw Lowry in a state of collapse.
Lowry was dead. "Flight-Lieut. Cyril Norman Ellen said that there was nothing in the machine likely to kill a man, and that Lowry must have come in contact with an electric current in the air. No similar case has been reported."
Sources:
1. Daily Mail, London May 28 1925
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17305-RAF-fatalities-1925
4. http://www.sacred-texts.com/fort/wild/wild17.htm
5. Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California ·Sunday, August 23, 1925 Page 37 at https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/90335111/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Andover#1918_to_1939
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2018 19:13 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 25-Jul-2023 18:22 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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