Incident Hawker Demon Mk I K4498,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68624
 
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Date:Friday 2 December 1938
Time:night
Type:Hawker Demon Mk I
Owner/operator:604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn RAF
Registration: K4498
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Hendon, Middlesex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hendon, Middlesex
Destination airport:RAF Hendon, Middlesex
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hawker Demon K4498: Written off 02/12/1938 when ran over flare on landing at RAF Hendon, Middlesex & caught fire, being Damaged Beyond Repair. Relegated to a GIA (Ground Instructional Airframe) 1243M in January 1939.

Sources:

1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.604warbirds.freeservers.com/history.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Oct-2009 21:00 JINX Added
18-Jan-2012 06:34 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source]
06-Jul-2013 13:43 JINX Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
14-Oct-2013 04:44 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
18-Nov-2013 17:55 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
20-Mar-2018 19:16 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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