ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208241
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| Date: | Sunday 9 April 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax |
| Owner/operator: | 20 E&RFTS RAF |
| Registration: | K7415 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Romney Street Farm, Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, Kent -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax Mk.I K7415, 20 E&RFTS, Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent: Written off 9/4/39 when hit tree during aerobatics, Romney Street Farm, Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, Kent. Pilot - Flying Officer Bernard John Sciortino (RAFVR, aged 24) - was killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (April 20. 1939 page 403 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accidents: —
F/O Bernard John Sciortino (flying solo) lost his life in an accident which occurred at Shoreham on April 9, 1939, to an aircraft of No. 20 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Gravesend"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 60)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939%20-%201140.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2018 18:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 20-Nov-2018 15:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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