Date:	Tuesday 15 December 1936
Time:	night
Type:	Gloster Gauntlet Mk I
Owner/operator:	19 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K4087
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:	RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Gauntlet Mk. I K4087 was among the first Gauntlets delivered to the RAF and was issued to No. 19 Squadron in March 1935. It was the "usual" aircraft of the C.O. of "B" Flight 19 Squadron, Flt Lt V. Croombe

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15/12/36 when hit pole on approach at night to RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire and crashed.

1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. The Gloster Gauntlet by Francis K. Mason (Profile Publications, Windsor,1965)
2. 19 Squadron RAF ORB (Air Ministry Form 540) 01/01/1915-31/10/39 at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8409160
3. http://www.raf-in-combat.com/wpsite/wp-content/uploads/edd/2015/08/tn_Gauntlet-21.jpg
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1969/1969%20-%200085.PDF

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Oct-2009 22:12	JINX	Added
08-Jun-2015 18:01	Fort Knox	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
08-Apr-2018 17:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]