Accident Hawker Audax Mk 1 K7423,
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Date:Wednesday 13 December 1939
Time:night
Type:Hawker Audax Mk 1
Owner/operator:RAF College
Registration: K7423
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Cranwell, Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hawker Audax Mk.I K7423, RAF College, Cranwell: Written off (destroyed) 13/12/39 when flew into ground after losing height during a night take-off from RAF Cranwell, Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Pilot (and sole occupant) - L.A.C Warren Alexander Smith (581766) RAF- was killed

His name is commemorated on Panel 3 of the Bristol (Arno's Vale) Crematorium, Gloucester

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain page 61)
2. The Times, London, Saturday 23 December 1939
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2450561/smith,-warren-alexander/
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/15847.php
6. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1939-incident-logs

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Apr-2018 19:58 Dr. John Smith Added
17-Dec-2019 18:27 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-Jul-2023 21:46 Nepa Updated [[Operator, Operator]]

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