ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177548
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| Date: | Saturday 15 October 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Avro Tutor |
| Owner/operator: | 23 ERFTS RAF |
| Registration: | K3328 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Walderslade, near Chatham, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rochester, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 15.10.38, Avro Tutor K3328, 23 ERFTS, RAF Rochester, Kent, was destroyed in a mid air collision over Walderslade, near Chatham, Kent, with Hawker Hind L7236, also of 23 ERFTS, RAF Rochester, Kent. All three persons involved (one in the Avro Tutor, and two in the Hawker Hind) were klled
Sgt Norman Percy Smith pilot of Tutor K3328) killed
Flt Lt Rowan Sydney Howe (aged 32, pilot of Hind L7236) killed (RAFO)
Sgt Jack William Walkling (aged 25, w/op & air gunner of Hind L7236) killed
Sources:
1. Folha da Manhã 16 October 1938, p 1
2. Belfast News-Letter Antrim, Northern Ireland 17 Oct 1938
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2015 17:21 | TB | Added |
| 03-Dec-2017 22:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2017 22:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2018 01:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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