ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2455
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 December 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K7443 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fennells Farm, Lypiatt, near Stroud, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax I K7443, 3 FTS, RAF South Cerney: Written off (destroyed) 21/12/37 when flew into hillside in fog, Fennells Farm, Lypiatt, near Stroud, Gloucestershire. Both crew - Pilot Officer Myles Leonard Birch (Pilot) aged 19, from Smethwick, Staffs and Acting Pilot Officer Christie Leslie Taylor aged 22 from Vancouver Canada - were killed.
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (December 30, 1937 page 650 - see link #5)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accident:—
Acting P/O Myles Leonard Birch and Acting P/O Christie Leslie Taylor lost their lives in an accident which occurred at Lypiatt, near Stroud, on December 21, to an aircraft of No. 3 Flying Training School, South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Acting P/O Birch was the pilot of the aircraft."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircrft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 61)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2487-Act-Pilot-Officer-John-Marshall-Pryde/page2
4. http://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%203618.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Feb-2008 02:15 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Mar-2018 01:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2018 22:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2018 19:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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