ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208299
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| Date: | Sunday 7 May 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax |
| Owner/operator: | 15 E&RFTS RAF |
| Registration: | K5593 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Redhill, Redhill, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Redhill, Surrey |
| RAF Redhill, Surrey | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax Mk.I K5593, 15 E&RFTS, Redhill: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7/5/39 in a collision with stationary Fairey Battle Mk.1, K7649 (also of 15 E&RFTS) on landing at Redhill Aerodrome, Redhill, Surrey. Pilot - Sgt Gordon Percival Alan Harris (aged 26) - was killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (May 18, 1939 page 517 - see link #3):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Sgt. Gordon Percival Alan Harris, flying solo, lost his life in an accident which occurred at Redhill on May 7, 1939, to an aircraft of No. 15 Elementary and Reserve Training School, Redhill."
(Fairey Battle K7649 survived to be repaired and was transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force on 4/6/42 - see link #4)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 44)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939%20-%201546.PDF
4. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a22k.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2018 16:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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