ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68751
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 October 1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Fury Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | RAF College |
| Registration: | K5682 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Navenby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire (EGYD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Fury Mk.1 K5682 of the RAF College, Cranwell: Written off (destroyed) 7/10/36 when collided with Hawker Fury K5681 (also of the RAF College, Cranwell) during camera gun practice & abandoned but pilot was struck by one of the falling aircraft. Pilot: Flt/Lt Roy James Oliphant Bartlett RAF, killed. Aircraft crashed at Navenby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, eight miles south of Lincoln.
According to a contemporary report in "Flight International" October 15, 1936: "...as the result of a collision in the air at Navenby, Lincolnshire, on October 7, between two aircraft of the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, Fit. Lt. Roy James Oliphant Bartlett lost his life and Fit. Cadet Howard Frizelle Burton was injured. Fit. Lt. Bartlett and Fit. Cadet Burton were the pilots and sole occupants of their respective aircraft"
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%202799.html
3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p13465.htm#i134650
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?6592-Few-more-names-please
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1936
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navenby
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2009 11:08 | JINX | Added |
| 12-Jan-2015 01:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2015 01:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 06-Apr-2018 22:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2019 18:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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