ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2318
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| Date: | Monday 13 July 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K5227 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Theddlethorpe ranges, 3 miles N of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax Mk.1 K6227, 3 FTS, RAF Grantham: Written off (destroyed) 13.7.36 when stalled due to engine failure attacking targets and hit sand hills on the Theddlethorpe ranges, three miles North of Mablethorpe, East Linsdsay, Lincolnshire. Both crew were killed:
L/AC Frank Innes (pilot, aged 22) killed immediately, and
L/AC Frederick William Gumb (aged 21) died two days later, on 15.7.36.
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (July 23, 1935 page 119 - see link #6):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
The Air Ministry regrets to announce that L.A/C. Frank Innes lost his life and L.A/C. Frederick William Gumb was seriously injured, in an accident which occurred at Theddlethorpe Ranges on July 13, to an aircraft of No. 3 Flying Training School, Grantham, Lines. L.A/C. Innes was the pilot of the aircraft and L.A/C. Gumb the passenger. L.A/C. Gumb died in the Louth and District Hospital, Lincolnshire, on July 15."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 41)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1937
4. http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/theddlethorpe/theddlethorpe.htm
5. https://www.lincstothepast.com/RAF-Theddlethorpe/233538.record?pt=S
6. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1936/1936%20-%202064.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2008 09:10 | JINX | Added |
| 13-Nov-2017 23:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2018 15:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2018 23:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2018 23:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2018 23:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2018 19:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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