ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2187
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| Date: | Friday 10 September 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 4 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K3715 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Abu Sueir, Ismailia -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abu Sueir, Ismailia, Egypt |
| RAF Abu Sueir, Ismailia, Egypt | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax Mk.I K3715, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir: Written off (destroyed) 10/9/37 when stalled and spun in circuit, RAF Abu Sueir, Ismailia, Egypt. Pilot - Acting Pilot Officer George "Lofty" Fraser - killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (September 16, 1937 page 294 - See link #5)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Acting P/O George 'Lofty' Fraser lost his life in an accident which occurred at Abu Sueir on September 10 to an aircraft of No. 4 Flying Training School, Abu Sueir, Egypt. He was the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 27)
2. 4 FTS RAF ORB
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?15906-4-FTS-Abu-Sueir
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%202598.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2008 11:12 | JINX | Added |
| 13-Mar-2018 21:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2018 23:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2018 23:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Nov-2018 18:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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