ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212350
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 September 1928 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Siskin Mk IIIA |
| Owner/operator: | AGS RAF |
| Registration: | J8871 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Eastchurch, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Eastchurch, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin Mk. IIIA J8871, Armament & Gunnery School, Eastchurch: Written off (destroyed) 19/9/1928 when stalled after take-off, RAF Eastchurch, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Pilot and sole occupant - Flying Officer Athal Patrick Woulf de Wytt (aged 23) - was killed. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (October 11, 1928 page 898 - see link #3):
Royal Air Force Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that, as the result of an accident at Eastchurch to a Siskin machine of the Armament and Gunnery School, Eastchurch, on September 19, Flying Officer Athal Patrick de Woulf de Wytt, 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-%200968.html
4. http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17966.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2018 19:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 29-Nov-2018 09:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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