Accident Fairey IIIF S1201,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206341
 
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Date:Wednesday 23 April 1930
Time:06:55 LT
Type:Fairey IIIF
Owner/operator:47 Sqn RAF
Registration: S1201
MSN: F.926
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Heliopolis -   Egypt
Phase:
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:RAF Khartoum
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
(1) Crashed shortly after take-off on return flight to Khartoum due to engine failure.

Pilot Officer Francis Slade Barron (26)
AC.1 Cyril Fred Davis (22)

The "Western Morning News" of 25.4.30 reported that Barron and Davis were killed in an accident involving a Fairey IIIF of 47 Squadron. The "Portsmouth Evening News" of 23.4.30 reported that the aircraft crashed at Heliopolis at 6.55 a.m., local time. (1) La Nación (Santiago) 24 April 1930, p11

Sources:

1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/MEAF/Crashes/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crash/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crashed-1201
3. http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/var/resizes/MEAF/Crashes/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crash/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crashed-1202.JPG?m%3D1419052832&imgrefurl=http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/MEAF/Crashes/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crash/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crashed-1202&docid=2TjI320-6lGXiM&tbnid=0A0sSUYeVjztZM:&vet=1&w=549&h=365&itg=1&source=sh/x/im
4. http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/var/resizes/MEAF/Crashes/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crash/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crashed-1203.JPG?m%3D1419052832&imgrefurl=http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/photos/1011&docid=TnzJjavy6FLFUM&tbnid=xeG7_6UFA1HZSM:&vet=1&w=547&h=366&itg=1&source=sh/x/im
5. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?58965-Napier-Lion-in-Sahara&p=946327#post946327
6. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Apr30.html
7. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33685/page/706/data.pdf
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21675-CAIRO-NEW-BRITISH-PROTESTANT-CEMETERY-Non-World-War-Dead&p=126750&styleid=3

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Feb-2018 18:49 Dr. John Smith Added
03-May-2018 12:52 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative]
10-Nov-2018 07:08 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
17-May-2023 19:18 TB Updated [[Operator, Location, Operator]]

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