ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206268
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| Date: | Thursday 24 February 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Swordfish Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Gosport A Flt RAF |
| Registration: | K5984 |
| MSN: | F.2203 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off Spithead, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gosport, Hampshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Swordfish Mk.I K5984, of A Flt RAF Gosport, written off (damaged beyond repair) in a collision with Swordfish K5974 during practice torpedo attack, off Spithead, Hampshire. Pilot of Swordfish K5984 - Pilot Officer John Robert Limmer "Bob" Edminson (aged 25) - was killed. Flying Officer Basil Barry Jupp unhurt, flying in Swordfish K5974. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (March 3, 1938 page 211 - see link #4):
"P/O John Robert Limmer Edminson is missing and believed drowned as the result of a collision in the air which occurred at sea off Spithead on February 24, between two aircraft of the R.A.F. Station, Gosport. P/O Edminson was the pilot and sole occupant of one aircraft. The occupants of the second aircraft were uninjured."
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126963864
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39/page3
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%200603.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2018 01:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Mar-2018 21:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2018 21:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-May-2019 16:29 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2019 14:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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