ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208332
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| Date: | Friday 19 May 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Gloster Sea Gladiator II |
| Owner/operator: | 802 Sqn FAA RAF |
| Registration: | N5534 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, off Swagemi Point, near Aboukir -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Glorious, off Alexandria, Egpyt |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Sea Gladiator, N5534, 802 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, embarked aboard HMS Glorious, Mediterranean Sea, off Alexandria, Egpyt. Written off (destroyed) 19/5/39 when dived into the sea, off Swagemi Point, near Aboukir, Egypt. Pilot - Sub-Lt (Air) William Agard Sykes (aged 22) - was killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (May 25, 1939 page 530 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Sub. Lt. (A) William Agard Sykes, R.N. (flying solo) lost his life in an accident which occurred in the Mediterranean on May 19, to an aircraft of H.M.S. Glorious".
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1939/1939%20-%201587.html
4. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_faa_802.htm
5. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1939.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2018 00:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Mar-2018 00:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 22:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 17-Dec-2019 19:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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