ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157503
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| Date: | Saturday 27 July 1940 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P1180 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire, 4 miles SE of Banbury -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brackley, Northamptonshire |
Hit tree on take-off at Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire about 4 miles south-east of Banbury, Oxfordshire on 27/7/1940 shortly after take off from RAF Brackley, Northamptonshire. Took off at 17.00 hours for the pilot's first Hampden solo flight. While banking to the left it flew into a tree and burst into flames. Pilot killed
Pilot: 42860 Pilot Officer David Michael March RAF
He is buried in Block AS Grave 918 Putney Vale Cemetery, Wandsworth
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-R9999
2. http://www.theygavetheirtoday.com/raf-upper-heyford.html
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2429719/march,-david-michael/
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Sutton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2013 17:14 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Jun-2015 10:35 | King | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 14-Jul-2018 23:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2018 23:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2018 19:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
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