ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208360
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1939 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: | Hawker Hart |
| Owner/operator: | 28 E&RFTS RAF |
| Registration: | K3864 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barley Ford Farm, Dene Valley, near Rushton Spencer, Cheshire. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hart K3864, 28 E&RFTS, RAF Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Written off 28/5/39 when flew into trees during aerobatics, Barley Ford Farm, Dene Valley, near Rushton Spencer, Cheshire. Pilot - Sgt Clare Norman Parish (RAFVR, aged 21) - was killed
No.28 E&RFTS was one of several in the UK prior to the Second World War which was tasked with maintaining the proficiency of the RAF Volunteer Reserve, they were largely part time and operated by civilian flying schools for the RAF. Sgt Parish, from the Adlington area near Macclesfield, was a member of the RAFVR and was carrying out an Air Navigation flight from Meir on the southern edge of Stoke on Trent. He flew up to Ruston Spencer where he then performed some aerobatics consisting of a tight right hand turn and dive. This was for the benefit of the owners of a farm where he had camped while in the scouts. During one of the manoeuvres his aircraft struck a tree and crashed down a wooded hillside destroying the aircraft.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 28)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/peak-district/hawker-hart-k3864-ruston-spencer/
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2018 15:58 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Mar-2018 16:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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