Mid-air collision Accident Hawker Hart K4920,
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Date:Thursday 2 April 1936
Time:
Type:Hawker Hart
Owner/operator:3 FTS RAF
Registration: K4920
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Great Ponton, near RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) 2.4.36: Crashed after mid-air collision with Hawker Audax K4389 at Great Ponton, near Grantham, Lincolnshire. Pilot of Hawker Hart K4920 - L/AC Percy James Pugh (aged 23) - killed. Pilot of Haker Audax K4389 - Acting Pilot Officer Geoffrey Clive King George (aged 21) - was also killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (April 9 1936 page 379 - see link #4)

"FLYING ACCIDENT
The Air Ministry regret to announce that, as the result of a collision in the air at Ponton, Grantham, on April 2, 1936, between two aircraft of No. 3 Flying Training School, Acting P/O Geoffrey Clive King George and L/AC Percy James Pugh lost their lives. They were the pilots and sole occupants of their respective aircraft"

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 33)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%200898.html?search=flying%20accidents
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1936

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Apr-2018 15:14 Dr. John Smith Added
05-Apr-2018 15:15 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
23-Nov-2018 17:00 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]

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