ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68713
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| Date: | Monday 23 April 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Fury Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K2047 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Northolt, South Ruislip, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Northolt, South Ruislip, Middlesex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Fury Mk.I K2047, 1 Squadron, RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex: "B" Flight Commanders Aircraft. Written off (destroyed) 23/4/34 in a mid air collision with Hawker Fury K2044 (also of 1 Squadron, RAF) during flight attack practice, near RAF Northolt, South Ruislip, Middlesex. Pilot of Fury K2047 - Flying Officer William Erskine Snell Tanner (aged 21) - was killed
Pilot of Hawker Fury K2044 - Flt Lt Richard Brown (aged 27) - baled out at too low an altitude, and was also killed, Flt Lt Brown Brown was leading a formation of three aircraft; P/O C.G. Lott stated that Brown turned left sharply and struck Tanner’s machine which lost a wing and crashed.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17796-RAF-Fatalities-1934
4. http://wpalette.com/en/pictures/36378
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2009 06:31 | JINX | Added |
| 21-Jun-2013 13:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 13-Jul-2013 07:24 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 15-Aug-2013 05:36 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 21-May-2018 16:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 16:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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