ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212421
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| Date: | Thursday 16 May 1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Siskin Mk IIIA |
| Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Northolt, South Ruislip, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Northolt, South Ruislip, Middlesex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin Mk.IIIA, 19 Squadron, RAF Duxford: Written off (destroyed) 16/5/1929 when crashed after slow roll, over RAF Northolt, South Ruislip, Middlesex. Pilot and sole occupant - Flying Officer John Walden Bayes (aged 23) - was killed during RAF Fighter Competition: "crashed after righting himself from a very low roll."
The contemporary newspaper report (Northern Whig, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, May 17, 1929 - see link #1) confirms that the 19 Squadron AW Siskin was one of the "machines taking part in the acrobatic competition at Northolt Aerodrome yesterday afternoon [which] crashed, and [the] pilot. Flying-Officer John Walden Bayes, was killed instantly. He was 23 years of age, and attached to 19 Fighter Squadron at Duxford".
Sources:
1. Northern Whig - Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, May 17, 1929
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17392-RAF-fatalities-1929
4. http://places.wishful-thinking.org.uk/DBY/Ashbourne/MIs.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2018 16:44 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Jun-2018 16:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time] |
| 18-Oct-2018 15:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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