ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68988
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| Date: | Monday 21 March 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 73 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K7959 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Digby, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Digby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Digby | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Gladiator Mk.I K7959, 73 Squadron, RAF Digby, Lincolnshire. Written off (destroyed) 21.3.38 when overshot flare path and sank into the ground on attempted overshoot at RAF Digby. Pilot - Pilot Officer John Francis Pearce (aged 21) - was killed. Aircraft destroyed by fire. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (31.3.38 page 322 see link #5):
"THE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accidents: —
P/O. John Francis Pearce lost his life in an accident which occurred at Digby, on March 21, to an aircraft of No. 73 (Fighter) Squadron, Digby, Lincoln. He was the sole occupant of the aircraft"
Delivered to RAF 15.6.37; struck off charge 7.5.38. Total time on airframe 70 hours
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3670-Shropshire-s-casualties-and-aircraft-crashes
4. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_raf_73.htm
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%200896.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2009 23:49 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Feb-2018 01:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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