Date:	Friday 25 November 1938
Time:	day
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	52 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K7603
MSN:	F.2361
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Fairey Battle Mk.1 K7603, 52 Squadron, RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire. Built by Fairey Aircraft Ltd., at Heaton Chapel. Stockport, Cheshire, and delivered new 12 November 1937. Coded "52-C". Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25 November 1938 when engine caught fire in flight, and force-landed onto a railway line:

"November 25th 1938, would be a sad day for Upwood crews, training flights proving to be hazardous, and even fatal. New Zealander Pilot Officer Kenneth Frederick VARE, managed to land and walk away from 52 Squadron Battle K7603 as it burned on a nearby railway line, whilst 63 Squadron Battle K7567 crashed in poor weather whilst undertaking a navigation exercise over Hampshire"

1. The K File - The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1995 p.126)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 62)
3. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p.125)
4. https://aviationtrails.wordpress.com/tag/cambridgeshire/
5. http://aircrewremembered.com/macdonald-douglas-allister.html
6. https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/77660/Vare-Kenneth-Frederick.htm
7. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C23957

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Oct-2020 16:06	Dr. John Smith	Added
30-Oct-2020 18:08	TB	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]
01-Nov-2020 05:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
01-Nov-2020 05:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
01-Apr-2022 19:04	JINX	Updated [Operator, Location]
05-Jul-2022 11:18	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]