ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211570
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| Date: | Monday 14 September 1925 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Bristol F.2b |
| Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | C799 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Sealand, Flintshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
| RAF Sealand, Flintshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Bristol Fighter C799, 5 FTS, RAF Sealand: Written off (destroyed) 14/9/25 when crashed in flames, near RAF Sealand, Flintshire. Pilot and sole occupant - Pilot Officer William Langdon Spurway (aged 23) - was killed.
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (September 24, 1925 page 621 - see link #5)
"R.A.F. Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that, as a result of an accident at Sealand, Chester, to a Bristol Fighter of No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand, on September 14, Pilot-Officer William Langdon Spurway, the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, was severely injured and died later in the day"
Sources:
1. Londonderry Sentinel Londonderry, Northern Ireland 17 September 1925
2. Sheffield Daily Telegraph South Yorkshire, England 17 September 1925
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17305-RAF-fatalities-1925
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1925/1925%20-%200621.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2018 17:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 16:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
| 02-Feb-2019 18:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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