ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172847
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| Date: | Sunday 30 April 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Demon Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K8209 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Built to contract 439133/35 by Boulton & Paul at Wolverhampton and delivered into storage to 1 ASU on 24th November 1937. It was issued to 608 Squadron in January 1938. Damaged after it swung while taxying downwind and overturned. Aircraft badly damaged & deemed beyond repair, struck off charge on 7th May 1939 with Cat.W/FA damage being recorded.
Crew:
P/O ???? MORRIS (pilot) RAF - uninjured
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 68)
2. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/north/k8209.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2015 21:50 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Jan-2016 06:29 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2016 08:30 | DG333 | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Mar-2018 23:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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