ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209943
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 November 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Blackburn Skua Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 758 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | L3036 |
| MSN: | 7842/30 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Savernake Forest, near Marlborough, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire |
| HMS Raven, RNAS Eastleigh, Hampshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Blackburn Skua L3036, ex-5 MU, RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire: Written off (destroyed) 14/11/39 when dived into the ground at Savernake Forest, near Marlborough, Wiltshire. The pilot was on the strength of 758 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, and had collected the Blackburn Skua from 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire. It crashed while on its delivery flight to HMS Raven, the Royal Naval Air Station at Eastleigh, Hampshire
Pilot - Acting Sub-Lt (Air) Edward Samuel Woodford (aged 22) - was killed. He was buried in Section M - Cons, Row 30, Grave 355, Watford Cemetery - Watford, Hertfordshire
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. SKUA!: The Royal Navy's Dive-Bomber By Peter C. Smith (Pages 237-238)
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2514-More-training-accidents-1940
5. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/RoyalNavyFleetAirArmDatabase/?q=Woodford+Edward+Samuel
6. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1939-11NOV.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2018 21:35 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Apr-2018 15:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Jan-2021 19:14 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Cn] |
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