Accident Supermarine Southampton Mk II ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212321
 
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Date:Thursday 10 May 1928
Time:day
Type:Supermarine Southampton Mk II
Owner/operator:480 (Coastal Reconnaissance) Flt RAF
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Cromarty Firth, off Invergordon, Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Calshot, Hampshire
Destination airport:Invergordon, Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Supermarine Southampton, 480 (Coastal Reconnaissance) Flight, RAF Calshot: Involved in a fatal accident 10/5/1928 when hit mast of tender and crashed on landing, on the Cromarty Firth, off Invergordon, Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. One of the four crew was killed:

Corporal Ernest Bradford (Service Number 347098) killed (drowned)
Flt Lt Alick Charles Stevens (pilot) injured

The other two members of the crew (not named) were unhurt. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (June 14, 1928 page 446 - see link #4)

"Royal Air Force Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the result of an accident at Invergordon to a Southampton flying-boat of No. 480 (Coastal Reconnaissance) Flight, Calshot, on May 10, 347098, Corporal Ernest Bradford, a passenger, was killed, and Flight-Lieutenant Alick Charles Stevens, the pilot of the aircraft, sustained minor injuries. The two other occupants of the Aircraft were uninjured."

Sources:

1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17344-RAF-fatalities-1928
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invergordon
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1928/1928%20-%200490.html?search=Percival%20Reginald%20Carter

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Jun-2018 15:24 Dr. John Smith Added
19-Jun-2018 12:00 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]
25-Nov-2018 16:42 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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