ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20061
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| Date: | Saturday 15 October 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hind T Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 23 E&RFTS RAF |
| Registration: | L7236 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| 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 |
15.10.38: Hawker Hind L7236, 23 ERFTS, RAF Rochester, Kent was written off (destroyed) in a collision with Avro Tutor K3328, (also of 23 ERFTS, RAF Rochester, Kent) over Walderslade, near Chatham, Kent. All three persons involved (both on board the Hind, plus one in the Tutor) were killed:
Flt Lt Rowan Sydney Howe (aged 32) killed (RAFO)
Sgt Jack William Walkling (aged 25) killed
Sgt Norman Percy Smith (aged 22, pilot of Avro Tutor K3328) killed
Sources:
1. Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.geni.com/people/Flight-Lieutenant-Rowan-Howe/6000000025325331472
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39&styleid=3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2008 21:44 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Dec-2017 22:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2018 16:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2018 01:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 05:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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