ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21878
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| Date: | Saturday 23 January 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Hart Trainer |
| Owner/operator: | 9 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K6437 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pikestone Fell, Near Cockfield, 8 miles NE of Barnard Castle, Durham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hart Trainer K6437, 9 FTS, RAF Thomaby: Written off (destroyed) 23/1/37 when Pilot became unsure of position while flying in poor visibility. The aircraft just missed a farmhouse on hill, but clipped the roof of cow byre at a farm with the undercarriage, while descending through cloud, and then cartwheeled into the ground 400 yards past the farm and caught fire, at Pikestone Fell, Near Cockfield, eight miles North East of Barnard Castle, County Durham
Pilot Officer Joseph Norman Bell RAF (pilot, aged 22) killed
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (February 4, 1937 page 120 see link #3):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
The Air Ministry regrets to announce that Acting P/O Joseph Norman Bell lost his life in an accident which occurred at Barnard Castle, County Durham, on January 23 to an aircraft of No. 9 Flying Training School, Thornaby. Acting P/O Bell was the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1937/1937%20-%200328.PDF
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39
Images:
The burnt out wreckage of Hawker Hart K6437
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2008 23:11 | Anon. | Added |
| 21-Jan-2012 04:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Jul-2013 08:19 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2018 18:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2018 00:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2018 16:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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