ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211824
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Date: | Friday 8 October 1926 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Grebe Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 56 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Grebe Mk.II: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8/10/1926 when veered off the runway on take-off and overturned at RAF Kenley, Surrey. Pilot and sole occupant - WO.1 Erik Gutzeit Haug (Service Number 312488) RAF - was killed. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (October 14, 1926 page 678 - see link #3):
"Royal Air Force Flying Accidents
As the result of an accident at Kenley, Surrey, to a Grebe aeroplane of No. 56 squadron, Biggin Hill, Kent, on October 8, No. 312488 S.M.I. Erik Gutzeit Haug, the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, was killed"
Sources:
1.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm 2.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17306-RAF-fatalities-1926 3.
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1926/1926%20-%200762.PDF Images:
Keston Churchyard 30/12/2020
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jun-2018 22:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
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09-Nov-2018 08:54 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
06-Jan-2021 19:41 |
Gusk |
Updated [Photo] |
10-Jul-2023 21:22 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Photo]] |
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