Accident Hawker Woodcock Mk II ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212338
 
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Date:Thursday 2 August 1928
Time:day
Type:Hawker Woodcock Mk II
Owner/operator:3 Sqn RAF
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Holbeach Bombing Range, Gedney Drove End, The Wash, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hawker Woodcock Mk.II, 3 Squadron, RAF Upavon, Wiltshire: Written off (destroyed) 2/8/1928 when crashed at the Holbeach Bombing Range, Gedney Drove End, The Wash, Lincolnshire. Pilot and sole occupant - Flight Lt Lance Harold Browning MC DFC (aged 31) - was killed. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (August 16, 1928 page 718 - see link #4):

"Royal Air Force Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the result of an accident at Holbeach Ranges, to a Woodcock machine of No. 3 (Fighter) Squadron, Sutton Bridge, on August 2, Flight-Lieutenant Lance Harold Browning, M.C., D.F.C., 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. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1920s-incident-logs#1928
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1928/1928%20-%200774.PDF
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?991-1920s-Meteorological-Section-photo/page5

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Jun-2018 12:14 Dr. John Smith Added
10-Nov-2018 07:03 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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