Date:	Friday 3 November 1939
Time:	day
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	63 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P2274
MSN:	F.4160
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Checkendon Court, Checkenden, near Reading, Berkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Fairey Battle Mk.I P2274, 63 Squadron, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire: Written off 3/11/39 when pilot lost control and aircraft crashed at Checkendon Court, Checkenden, near Reading, Berkshire (at approximate Latitude: 51°32'34"N, Longitude: 1°2'52"W)

Pilot - Pilot Officer George Francis Astley Barwell (Service Number 41817, aged 19) - was killed

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley Air Britain, 1978 p 13)
2. The Battle File (Sidney Shsail, Air Britain, 1997 p 166)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1621: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16359609
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2690854/barwell,-george-francis-astley/
6. 63 Squadron RAF ORB (Air Ministry Form 540) 01/02/37-31/01/43: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8452719
7. http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/63_wwII.html
8. https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101047434-checkendon-court-checkendon#.WzAPjqdKjIU
9. http://www.ogt.org.uk/walled-kitchen-gardens/south-oxfordshire/wkg-checkendon-court

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Apr-2018 15:43	Dr. John Smith	Added
24-Jun-2018 21:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]
10-Nov-2018 22:16	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
26-Jun-2019 00:14	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]