ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68670
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| Date: | Sunday 7 August 1938 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Hawker Demon Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 64 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K8199 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk |
| RAF Duxford, Cambridegshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Demon Mk.I K8199, 64 Squadron, RAF Church Fenton: Written off (destroyed) 7/8/38 when ran out of fuel in fog & abandoned near RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Aircraft became lost in the fog, managed to locate a vector to RAF Duxford in an attempt to make an emergency landing, but ran out of fuel before the aircraft could land. Both crew - including the pilot, Pilot Officer Donald Robert Miller (Canadian citizen, Service #94037) - baled out successfully
Pilot Officer Donald Robert Miller survived this accident, survived WW II, and was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander on 7/9/45 (see link #6)
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. The Times, London 8/8/38
3. 64 Squadron ORB
4. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?68393-73-Squadron-prewar-casulaties-and-46-Sqn-incident&p=1089512#post1089512
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?13317-Demons-K8185-K8188-64-Sqn-7-August-1938
6. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37256/supplement/4486/data.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2009 22:48 | JINX | Added |
| 10-May-2015 09:27 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2018 18:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2018 18:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2018 17:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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