ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192662
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| Date: | Monday 8 January 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K5151 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Irish Sea, off the Isle of Man -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
Sgt Thomas Alexander Kerr (Service Number 700116, aged 29) was killed whilst flying Audax Mk.I K5151 of No 5 FTS RAF Sealand, Flintshire, when he left a formation flight in cloud and was reported as missing over the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man. He was not found, and is commemorated on Runnymede memorial.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3064-P-O-D-Payne-amp-F-Waters-8-Jan-1940
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1802671/kerr,-thomas-alexander/
4. https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH0432&type=P
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2017 09:52 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 06-May-2019 20:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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