ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68514
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| Date: | Thursday 12 June 1930 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Bristol Bulldog Mk IIA |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K1091 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chisenbury Down, Enford, near RAF Upavon, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upavon, Wiltshire |
| RAF Upavon, Wiltshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
O’MEARA, Frederick Ernest, Sergeant (335796) was killed on 12 June 1930 at Chisenbury Down, Enford, near RAF Upavon, Wiltshire, when his Hawker Horsley (J8005) of No.100 (Bomber) Squadron collided with Bulldog K1091 of No.3 Squadron piloted by Pilot Officer Lord Malcolm Avondale Douglas-Hamilton (survived); possible rehearsal for a mock dogfight between a Horsley and a Bulldog at an RAF Display.
O’Meara’s passenger (359791 LAC William Hagan) also in Horsley J8005, was uninjured. The incident may have brought about the end of Lord Malcolm Avondale Douglas-Hamilton's RAF career; he certainly had left the RAF by the end of 1932 (see link #4). K1091 was destroyed, and was struck off charge the next day (13 June 1930)
The reported crash location of Enford is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the northeast of Salisbury Plain. The village lies 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Devizes and 14 miles (23 km) north of Salisbury. The parish includes nine small settlements along both banks of the headwaters of the River Avon. Besides Enford, these are Compton, Coombe, East Chisenbury, Fifield, Littlecott, Longstreet, New Town and West Chisenbury.
Sources:
1. The K File - The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1995 p 147)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17427-RAF-Fatalities-1930
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Malcolm_Douglas-Hamilton#Career_in_aviation
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enford
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2009 03:03 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Jan-2012 13:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 12-Jul-2013 08:15 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 12-Feb-2015 14:39 | SIS07 | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 09-Feb-2017 00:57 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 09-Feb-2017 01:04 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2018 19:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2018 19:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2019 21:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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