Accident Hawker Hind K5494,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209192
 
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Date:Thursday 23 September 1937
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic HIND model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Hind
Owner/operator:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: K5494
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Evenley, Oxfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hawker Hind K5494, 57 Squadron, RAF Upper Heyford: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23/9/37 when overshot in a forced landing into wood, Evenley, Oxfordshire, near Brackley, Northsmptonshire. (At approximate co ordinates 52.006°N 1.149°W). Aircraft wrecked on impact with trees. One of the two crew was killed:

Pilot Officer Malcolm Patrick Alexander Craig-Mooney (aged 20) killed
AC2 Peter McGeehan unhurt

According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (September 30, 1937 page 340 - see link #3)

"FLYING ACCIDENTS
P/O Malcolm Patrick Alexander Craig-Mooney lost his life as the result of an accident which occurred at Evenley, Oxon, on September 23. He was the pilot of the aircraft and A/C.2 Peter McGeehan, a passenger, was uninjured"

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 43)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%202722.html
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evenley

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Apr-2018 00:38 Dr. John Smith Added
07-Nov-2018 19:14 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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