ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229149
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Date: | Saturday 9 November 1918 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro 504 |
Owner/operator: | 51 TDS RAF |
Registration: | F8719 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Shotwick, Cheshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Shotwick* |
Destination airport: | RAF Shotwick |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:This aircraft was being operated by No.51 Training Depot Station when it crashed in a forced landing approach. The engine had failed and the Avro stalled and spun into the ground from a gliding turn.
The pilot was killed.
2Lt Francis Athol Hinton ( from Auckland, New Zealand ) is buried at Shotwick ( St Michaels ) Churchyard.
R.I.P.
* RAF Shotwick was renamed RAF Sealand in 1924.
Sources:
RAF.Org-Casualties 1918
https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2014/349/140107796_1418759801.jpg Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Sep-2019 03:08 |
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20-Sep-2019 06:32 |
angels one five |
Updated [Narrative] |
28-Nov-2019 21:02 |
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Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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