ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234729
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Date: | Saturday 12 December 1936 |
Time: | |
Type: | Handley Page Heyford Mk III |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
Registration: | K4874 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Oldham -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Aldergrove, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Destination airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Three of seven RAF Handley Page Heyford Mk III bomber planes crashed on their way back to the home base. Three force-landed. Only one reached the destination.
The crew of K4874 bailed out after encountering thick icing fog.
Sources:
Jenaer Volksblatt 14 December 1936
https://books.google.nl/books?id=bNeXAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA9&ots=L31a5S95yU&dq=heyford%2012%20december%201936&hl=nl&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q=heyford%2012%20december%201936&f=false Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Apr-2020 07:15 |
harro |
Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative] |
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