ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211253
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| Date: | Thursday 29 June 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Fairey Seal |
| Owner/operator: | Leuchars SF RAF |
| Registration: | K3516 |
| MSN: | F.1856 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fairey Seal K3516, RAF Leuchars: Fatal flying accident on 29/6/33 when passenger accidentally pulled the ripcord of his parachute while the aircraft was being catapulted, and he was dragged from the aircraft. One of the two persons on board was killed:
Corporal Thomas Alexander Rae (passenger, Service Number 355910, aged 33) killed
Flt Lt Arthur Mostyn Rae, MC, DFC, AFC (pilot) unhurt
Fairey Seal K3516 sustained only minor damage, first assigned (at the time of this accident) to RAF Leuchars Training Base Flight, then 1 Flying Training School, thence to 2 Anti Aircraft Co-Operation Unit (2 AACU), finally to C-Flight at Lee on Solent, and remained in service until struck off charge 4/10/40
Flt Lt Arthur Mostyn Rae rose through the ranks to become an Air Commodore in 1945, and died on 8/4/82, aged 86 (see link #5 for an outline of his career)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 25)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17674-RAF-Fatalities-1933
4. https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/dominic-winter-book-auctions/catalogue-id-2793276/lot-8813822
5. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Wray.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2018 18:51 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Nov-2018 16:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
| 07-Jan-2021 20:32 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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