ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209291
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 November 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Supermarine Walrus Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 711 Sqn FAA RAF |
| Registration: | K8345 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Kalafrana -
 Malta
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS London, Mediterranean Sea, off Malta |
| RAF Kalafrana, Malta | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Supermarine Walrus I K8345, 711 Flt, HMS London: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30/11/37 when hit overhead HT power cables and dived into sea, Kalafrana, Malta. Both crew were killed:
Flt Lt Patrick Arthur Booth (Lt, RN, aged 30)
L.A/C Norman Stewart Burns (RAF, Service No. 590712) killed
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (December 9, 1937 page 585 - See link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Lt. Patrick Arthur Booth, R.N., Flt. Lt., R.A.F., and L.A/C. Norman Stewart Burns, lost their lives in an accident which occurred at Kalafrana, Malta, on November 30, to an aircraft of No. 771 Catapult Flight, disembarked from H.M.S. London"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 69)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%203457.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170912054316/http://www.naval-history.net:80/xDKCas1937.htm
5. https://www.militaryimages.net/media/edward-draper-patrick-arthur-booth-albert-edward-hesman.117906/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kalafrana
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2018 20:58 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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