ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210789
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| Date: | Friday 30 October 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Avro Tutor Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K2498 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bulwell Hall Park Golf Links, Norwich Gardens, Bulwell, Nottingham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spittalgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Hiucknall, Nottinghamshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Tutor Mk.I K2498, 3 FTS, RAF Grantham: Written off (destroyed) 30/10/31 when crashed during aerobatics. Aircraft failed to recover from a loop, spun out of control, and flew into the ground at Bulwell Hall Park Golf Links, Bulwell Hall Park, Norwich Gardens, Bulwell, Nottingham. Both crew were killed:
Flying Officer Jack Eugene Markby (pilot New Zealander, aged 25) killed
Flying Officer Lewis McHardy (New Zealander, aged 27) killed
Although the aircraft was on the strength of 3 Flying Training School (FTS), RAF, both crew were members of 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, and had presumably "borrowed" the aircraft for the day to practice aerobatics
K2498 was third in a batch of 18 aircraft (K2496-K2513) ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, to contract 113780/31 to meet Specification 18/31. Delivered between October and December, 1931, meaning that K2498 was almost new (less than one month old) when it crashed
The crash site it approximately one mile to the south east of RAF Hucknall (see map in link #5), so it can be presumed that the crew were trying to land there after finishing their aerobatics
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17512-RAF-Fatalities-1931
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Oct31.html
5. http://www.nottinghamcitygolfclub.co.uk/wheretofindus.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2018 12:35 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 17:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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