ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2320
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 September 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K5230 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Sealand, Flintshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax I K5230, 5 FTS, RAF Sealand: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29/9/37 when stalled and spun into the ground shortly after take-off, RAF Sealand, Flintshire. Pilot - LAC Edwin Pepall Jeffrey (aged 23) - was killed. According to the following official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (October 7, 1937 page 355 - see link #3)
FLYING ACCIDENTS
The Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accidents: —
L.A/C Edwin Pepall Jeffrey lost his life in an accident which occurred at Sealand, Chester, on September 29 to an aircraft of No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand, Chester. He was the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 41)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%202771.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2008 09:14 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Mar-2018 16:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2018 22:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2018 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2018 17:37 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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