ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212611
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| Date: | Sunday 19 November 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Handley Page HP.54 Harrow Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 9 BGS RAF |
| Registration: | K6939 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Penrhos, Caernarvonshire, North Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Penrhos, Caernavonshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Handley Page Harrow II K6939, 9 BGS (Bombing & Gunnery School), RAF: Written off (destroyed) 19/11/1939 when took off with control locks engaged & dived into the ground, RAF Penrhos, Caernarvonshire, North Wales. The two crew on board were killed:
Flight Lt Kenneth Maconochie (Service Number 18056, aged 36) killed
Pilot Officer Douglas Roy James Paterson (Service Number 74972, aged 23) killed
K6939: Delivered to 214 Squadron 11.2.37; 75 Squadron 23.9.37 as "75-A"; overshot forced landing while lost and hit hedge, Leiston, Suffolk, 3.10.38; to Rollasons for repair 18.11.38; returned to 75 Squadron; to 9 AOS 15.9.39 (which became 9 BGS 1.11.39). Took off with ailerons locked; stalled and dived into ground, Penrhos, 19.11.39; Destroyed By Fire; 2 killed; Struck Off Charge 11.12.39
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2691946/maconochie,-kenneth/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2716350/paterson,-douglas-roy-james/
5. https://binged.it/2Ip5bDH
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/11793.php
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp54-harrow-i-raf-penrhos-2-killed
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jun-2018 23:05 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 29-Nov-2018 08:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Apr-2022 10:43 | JINX | Updated [Narrative] |
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