ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69057
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| Date: | Thursday 24 June 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Gloster Aircraft Co |
| Registration: | K7976 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brockworth, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Brockworth, Gloucestershire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Gladiator Mk.I K7976: Written off (destroyed) 24/6/37 due to in flight structural failure. Lost wings on air test & abandoned over Brockworth, Gloucestershire. Aircraft spun out of control and dived into the ground. Pilot: Maurice Francis Summers (Gloster Aircraft civilian test pilot) baled out and survived, but suffered permanent damage to one foot as he landed "awkwardly"
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21513-quot-Brooklands-quot-Caterpillar-List
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9237-Gladiator-prangs/page2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2009 08:52 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Jun-2012 12:07 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2013 18:29 | JINX | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2018 13:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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