ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22297
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| Date: | Friday 3 May 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairey Battle Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 13 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | K9232 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire |
Substantially damaged 3 May 1940: The undercarriage jammed and collapsed on landing at RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire. To Fairey at Heaton Chapel, Stockport later the same month for repairs. Upon completion of repairs. re-allocated to the Royal Australia Air Force (RAAF) and shipped to Australia in late 1940 to RAAF No 1 Air Park at North Shore, Geelong, Victoria.
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 4 May 1942 when, still as K9232, with 3 BAGS, starboard oleo leg collapsed on landing at RAAF East Sale, Victoria, and the aircraft belly landed. Since K9232 had already crashed at RAAF East Sale before (on 18 February 1942) it was withdrawn from service.
(NOTE: RAAF Serial A22-21 allocated/reserved for K9232, but all Fairey Battles in RAAF service retained their original RAF serials instead. RAAF serials if used, would have been A22-1 to A22-337 inclusve)
Sources:
1. ORB 13 OTU RAF
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a22.htm
3. https://www.ozatwar.com//crashvic.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2008 23:15 | Anon. | Added |
| 25-Jan-2012 15:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 25-Aug-2013 06:02 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 14-Sep-2014 09:06 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 10-Jan-2015 10:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2023 09:21 | Nepa | Updated [[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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