Accident Hawker Audax Mk I K7307,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2368
 
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Date:Thursday 7 April 1938
Time:
Type:Hawker Audax Mk I
Owner/operator:9 FTS RAF
Registration: K7307
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hawker Audax Mk.I K7307 of 9 FTS, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7.4.38 when engine failed & aircraft spun into ground shortly after take off from RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Both crew killed:
Crew:
Acting Pilot Officer Robert Brock La Pointe (pilot) RAF - killed
Acting Pilot Officer James Ronald Vincent (pilot) RAF - killd

Both crew were Canadian nationals.

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 59)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Feb-2008 10:31 JINX Added
26-Feb-2018 23:44 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Mar-2018 22:04 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
03-Nov-2018 19:56 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]
09-Jul-2023 21:31 Nepa Updated [[Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]]

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