ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211822
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Date: | Tuesday 21 September 1926 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Bristol F.2b Fighter |
Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn Irish Air Corps |
Registration: | IAC 17 |
MSN: | 6858 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hempstown, Co Wicklow -
Ireland
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Baldonnel Aerodrome, Dublin, Eire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Bristol Fighter IAC 17, 1 Squadron, Irish Army Air Corps: Delivered to Baldonnel Aerodrome, 24.10.25. To “B” Flight, No. 1 Squadron. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Hempstown, County Wicklow, (at approximate co ordinates 53°11′46″N 6°29′56″W) during military exercises, killing the pilot and observer, 21.9.26:
Lt Timothy J Prenderville (pilot, aged 23) killed
Lt Edmond Leo O'Reilly (observer, aged 25) killed
Sources:
1.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm 2.
http://www.ipmsireland.com/Forms-Downloads/AerCorpsAircraft1922-1997.pdf 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hempstown 4.
http://www.militaryarchives.ie/gallery/displayimage.php?album=114&pid=312#top_display_media Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jun-2018 21:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
01-Nov-2018 17:38 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
16-Nov-2022 07:20 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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