ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138414
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 October 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K8996 |
| MSN: | AWA.1449 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Wick, Caithness | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
No.41 Sqn was moving from Catterick to Wick. The 12 Spitfires took off, to be followed by a Whitley of 102 Sqn carrying the ground party of five 41 Sqn personnel. The Whitley had crew of four.
Stores were also being transported to Wick in the bomber. The Whitley took off and after climbing to about 10ft pitched up into an extreme climb, stalled at about 100ft, and dived into the aerodrome, exploding. All 4 crew members died as well as 3 of the 41 Sqn passengers. Two of the passengers survived with serious injuries.
Crew:-
Pilot - Sgt Herbert John Gaut (562936) RAF - killed
Pilot/Nav. - P/O Reginald Arthur Morton Luckman (39744) RAF : killed (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 May, 1937)
WOp/AG - AC.2 Charles Paterson (620054) RAF : killed
Passenger - AC.1 John Baker Clark (567489) RAF : killed
Passenger - Sgt Arthur Vincent (560443) RAF : killed
Passenger - Sgt Albert Harris (563150) RAF : killed
Passenger/WOp/Mechanic - AC1 Horace Jones RAF (533682) RAF : killed
Passenger, occupying rear turret - Sgt Donald E Gibbs, slightly injured.
Passenger - Cpl W Jenkinson, seriously injured.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976, page 75)
2. http://www.ne-diary.bpears.org.uk/Inc/ISeq_01.html
3. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york39/k8996.html
4. http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/wattisham/424-41sq/41sq.htm
5. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C587549
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-armstrong-whitworth-aw38-whitley-iii-raf-catterick-7-killed
7. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2811920/gaut,-herbert-john/
9. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2011 03:50 | angels one five | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 15:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2012 15:05 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 31-May-2013 16:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2013 08:44 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2013 08:27 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature] |
| 17-Dec-2013 17:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Mar-2014 06:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Dec-2014 23:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2016 23:29 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2016 18:00 | Opietz | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 16-Dec-2016 03:03 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2018 19:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 24-Jun-2018 01:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2018 20:13 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 10-Jul-2023 20:21 | Nepa | Updated [[Cn, Source]] |
| 16-Dec-2023 14:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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