ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68544
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| Date: | Friday 29 January 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Bristol Bulldog Mk IIA |
| Owner/operator: | Aldergrove Met Flt RAF |
| Registration: | K1687 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Aldergrove, Belfast, Northern Ireland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Aldergrove, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Taken on charge by the RAF Met Flt Aldergrove 23/10/36 ex-23 Squadron. Written off (damaged beyond repair) in an accident due to bad visibility due to low cloud on 29/1/37, caused one Bulldog pilot to make a forced landing. According to the RAF Aldergrove Operations Record Book:
"29.1.37 - Two Thums flown, one each by F/L Knowles and F/O M Elton. F/O M Elton, on completion of trip force landed in a field in aircraft No K1687 in bad visibility and low cloud. Aircraft was dismantled on site and brought back to aerodrome." [NOTE: "Thums" = "Temperature & HUMidity Recce Flight"
As a result of the above, the aircraft was not repaired, and relegated to an instructional airframe. Downgraded to Grounded Instructional Airframe 951M at No.1 SoTT RAF Halton in April 1937
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21870-Met-Flight-Aldergrove-Bulldog-losses-early-1937-K1686-amp-K1660&styleid=3
3. http://ulsteraviationsociety.org/met-flights
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2009 12:06 | JINX | Added |
| 02-Aug-2013 13:18 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2013 14:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Mar-2018 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2019 14:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Nov-2022 04:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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