ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206925
Last updated: 20 February 2021
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| Date: | 19-FEB-1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Handley Page Heyford Mk IA |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Squadron Royal Air Force (10 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | K4024 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Beacon Hill, near Midhurst, Sussex. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
Heyford IA K4024,"C" of 10 Squadron, RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire: This aircraft was built to the second Heyford order, 272083/33 of December 9, 1933, for 23 aircraft (s/n K4021-K4043) to re-equip No.10 Squadron. Written off (destroyed) 19/2/36 when flew into hillside in cloud at Beacon Hill, near Midhurst, Sussex. Three of the four crew were killed:
Sgt Edward Kenneth McDermott (aged 27, Service #365507)
LAC Cyril James Adams (aged 27, Service #365133)
LAC George John Westlake (aged 20)
Sgt Charles Albert Deakin (pilot, survived with serious injuries)
Note that contemporary newsreel film reports (see link #6) give the crash location as "hill near Telegraph House, the home of Lord Bertrand Russell near Petersfield, Hampshire"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Jalley, Air Britain, 1976 page 29)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Visschedijk/6263.htm
4. http://jn.passieux.free.fr/html/Heyford.php
5. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?122118-1936-HP-Heyford-Crash-nr-Petersfield
6. http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675053127_wreckage-of-planes_Royal-Air-Force_winter-night-maneuvers_crashing
7. https://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?scrwidth=400&grave=411647
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2018 19:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 06-Apr-2018 07:25 | rvargast17 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 06-Apr-2018 12:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 16:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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