ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2195
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| Date: | Thursday 2 April 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K4389 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Great Ponton, near Grantham, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) 2.4.36: Crashed after mid-air collision with Hart K4920 at Great Ponton, near Grantham, Lincolnshire. Pilot - Acting Pilot Officer Geoffrey Clive King George (aged 21) - killed. Pilot of Hawker Hart K4920 - L/AC Percy James Pugh (aged 23) was also killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (April 9 1936 page 379 - see link #4)
"FLYING ACCIDENT
The Air Ministry regret to announce that, as the result of a collision in the air at Ponton, Grantham, on April 2, 1936, between two aircraft of No. 3 Flying Training School, Acting P/O Geoffrey Clive King George and L/AC Percy James Pugh lost their lives. They were the pilots and sole occupants of their respective aircraft".
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 33)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%200898.html?search=flying%20accidents
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1936
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2008 14:15 | JINX | Added |
| 21-Jun-2013 11:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 14-Jul-2013 03:15 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 14-Nov-2017 00:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2017 00:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 21:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Oct-2018 19:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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