ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2341
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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax (India) |
| Owner/operator: | 28 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K5566 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1.5 miles W of Miramshah, North Waziristan -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax Mk.I K5566, 28 Squadron, RAF Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, India: Written off (destroyed) 8/7/39 when rear gun fired accidentally, cutting rudder control wire. Aircraft wrecked when undershot in a forced landing 1.5 miles west of Miranshah, North Waziristan, India, killing one of the two crew:
AC1 John Blythe Baxter (Air Gunner) killed
Pilot Officer William Chapman Duncan (pilot) injured
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (July 20, 1939 page 67 - see link #5):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accidents: —
A.C.1 John Blythe Baxter lost his life and P/O William Chapman Duncan was injured in an accident which occurred at
Miranshah, India, on July 8, to an aircraft of No. 28 Squadron."
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miramshah#History
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAF_Base_Kohat
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939-1-%20-%200217.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2008 19:21 | JINX | Added |
| 23-Jan-2012 03:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 14-Jul-2013 03:38 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 13-Sep-2017 09:55 | Anon. | Updated [Country] |
| 13-Mar-2018 21:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2018 23:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2018 21:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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