ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2487
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| Date: | Monday 25 October 1937 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 11 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K7501 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Deeping St. James, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire |
| RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hart K7501 was involved in a collision with another Hawker Hart (K7435) on October 25th 1937 over Deeping St. James, Lincolnshire during night formation flying practice. Both aircraft were from the RAF No. 11 Flying Training School, at Wittering. Hart K7435 landed at Wittering, sustaining damage to its undercarriage. K7501 was abandoned (the pilot baled out successfully) and crashed near Deeping St. James, Lincolnshire.
Both pilots bailed out and parachuted to earth safely. The pilots involved were: Acting Pilot Officer T.J.W. Broughton and Acting Pilot Officer H. A. Smith, although it is not clear which pilot was in which aircraft.
As a post-script, Hart K7435 was written off in a separate crash on 12 October 1938, almost one year later, when it failed to pull out of a dive, and ended up in the River Perry at Fitz Mill in Shropshire
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 61)
2. Final Descent: Air Crashes in Wales and the Borders By Terence Hill
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?13410-Hawker-Hart-ID-October-25th-1937-Acting-P-O-T-J-W-Broughton-Bail-Out
4. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1937
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Feb-2008 10:03 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Jan-2015 02:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2018 18:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2018 18:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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