ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209041
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| Date: | Thursday 11 March 1937 |
| Time: | 09:30 LT |
| Type: |  Westland Wapiti V |
| Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | J9748 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tanai, near Wana, South Waziristan -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Punjab, India |
| RAF Miramshah, India | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Wetland Wapiti, 5 Squadron, RAF Miranshah, India: Written off (destroyed) in a flying accident, Hit telegraph wire ,at Tanai, near Wana, South Waziristan, India. (Now on the Pakistan-Afghanistan board). One of the two crew was killed:
Flying Officer Kenneth Northcote Lees (aged 25) killed
AC1 Frederick Atkinson injured
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (March 18, 1937 page 280 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENT
The Air Ministry regrets to announce that F/O Kenneth Northcote Lees lost his life and A/C. 1 Frederick Atkinson was slightly injured as the result of an accident which occurred at Tanai, near Wana, India, on March 11, to an aircraft of No. 5 (Army Co-operation) Squadron, Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Punjab. F/O Lees was the pilot of the aircraft and A/C.1 Atkinson the passenger."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976, page 6)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%200732.html
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/04550.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2018 21:54 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Apr-2018 00:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2018 00:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time] |
| 10-Apr-2018 00:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 13:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2020 13:20 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Narrative] |
| 27-Jul-2020 13:21 | Cobar | Updated [Country] |
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