ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189782
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 October 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Vickers Vildebeest Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 22 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K4605 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Spithead, near Portsmouth, Hampshire. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 11.10.38, Vickers Vildebeest Mk.III K4605, of 22 Sqn, RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire, was written off when it dived into the sea during torpedo dropping practice, off Spithead, near Portsmouth, Hampshire. The pilot - Pilot Officer Leslie Morley Barlow (aged 27) was killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (October 20, 1938 page 342 - see link 5):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
P/O Leslie Morley Barlow (flying solo) is missing and believed to have lost his life as the result of an accident which occurred at Spithead on October 11 to an aircraft of No. 22 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron, Thorney Island, Hants."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2. http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/3758/?page=2
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1938/1938%20-%202878.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2016 19:25 | TB | Added |
| 03-Dec-2017 22:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 16:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 28-Feb-2018 16:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration] |
| 16-Mar-2018 23:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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