ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68744
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| Date: | Monday 2 August 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Fury Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 11 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K5666 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Holbeach ranges, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Fury Mk.I K5666 of 11 FTS, RAF Wittering: Written off (destroyed) 2/8/37 when "Mushed" into the ground recovering from attack on target, Holbeach ranges, Lincolnshire. Pilot: Acting Pilot Officer Albert Edward Ralph Ferris RAF killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (August 19, 1937 page 196 - see link #5)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Acting P/O Albert Edward Ralph Ferris, of No.11 Flying Training School, lost his life as the result of an aircraft accident which occurred at Holbeach on August 2. Acting P/O Ferris was the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft."
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?6555-Identity-for-pre-war-officer
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%202318.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2009 10:50 | JINX | Added |
| 05-Mar-2018 15:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2018 22:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2018 18:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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