ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209224
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Date: | Monday 25 October 1937 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Westland Wapiti Mk IIA |
Owner/operator: | 27 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K1259 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lachi, near RAF Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province -
Pakistan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, India |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:westland Wapiti Mk.IIA K1259, 27 Squadron, RAF Kohat: Written off (destroyed) when spun into the ground after collision with a towed drogue, at Lachi, near Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, India. Both crew were killed:
Sgt Jack Norman Bushnell killed
LAC George Oswald Carr (aged 25) killed
According to the following official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (November 4, 1937 page 453 - see link #3)
Flying Accidents:-
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that Sgt. Jack Norman Bushnell and L.A/C George Oswald Carr lost their lives in an accident which occurred at Lachi, near Kohat, on October 25, to an aircraft of No. 27 (Bomber) Squadron, Kohat, India."
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-%203051.html 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachi,_Pakistan Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Apr-2018 00:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
10-Nov-2018 18:29 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
27-Jul-2020 14:19 |
Cobar |
Updated [Date, Country] |
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