Date:	Thursday 7 June 1934
Time:	day
Type:	Fairey Seal
Owner/operator:	821 Sqn FAA RAF
Registration:	K3484
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	HMS Courageous, Off Orkney Islands -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	HMS Courageous, Off Orkney Islands
Destination airport:	HMS Courageous, Off Orkney Islands
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Fairey Seal Mk.I K3484: Delivered to RNAS Gosport AHU 24 March 1933. Issued to 821 Squadron FAA. Aircraft carried code '732'

Written off (destroyed) 7 June 1934. Aircraft crashed whilst landing aboard aircraft-carrier HMS Courageous. Struck Off Charge 23 June 1934 as "destroyed". No casualties or fatalities reported

HMS COURAGEOUS was sunk after being torpedoed by U-29 off the south west coast of Ireland on 17 September 1939, just two weeks after war as declared. 518 men were lost.

1. The K File - The Royal Air Force in the 1930's (James J Halley Air Britain 1995 p.308)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Seal#Service_life_and_operations
3. National Archives File PA1716/7/1/10/19 ["Fairey aircraft: Fairey Seal K.348 (AS Panther IIa engine) in flight LHS 3/4 view from front"]: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/47b371c2-e5eb-4cec-8a17-727f54e2d0ec
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Courageous_(50)#Between_the_wars
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkney

Fairey Seal K3481 of 821 Squadron, HMS Courageous 1934:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Dec-2020 13:32	Castleace	Added
29-Dec-2020 16:27	INV	Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-Feb-2022 19:54	Jinx 40	Updated [Operator, Location, Source]
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