ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212297
Last updated: 5 October 2020
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| Date: | 08-FEB-1928 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Gloster Gamecock Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 43 Squadron Royal Air Force (43 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | J7919 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Emsworth, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex |
Gloster Gamecock Mk.I J7919, 43 Squadron, RAF Tangmere: Written off (destroyed) 8/2/1928 when flew into the ground in misty conditions, near Emsworth, Hampshire. Pilot and sole occupant - Pilot Officer Peter John Basil Chalmers (aged 20) - was killed. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (February 23, 1928 page 118 - see link #3):
Royal Air Force Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the result of an accident near Emsworth, Hants, to a Gamecock machine of No. 43 (Fighter) Squadron, Tangmere, on February 8, Pilot Officer Peter John Basil Chalmers, 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?17344-RAF-fatalities-1928
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1928/1928%20-%200138.html?search=Peter%20John%20Basil%20Chalmers
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2018 19:50 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Jun-2018 19:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 07:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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