ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2323
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 May 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 39 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K4862 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Risalpur, Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Risalpur, Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax Mk.I K4862, 39 Squadron, RAF Risalpur: Written off (destroyed) 17/5/39 when dived into ground at night, near RAF Risalpur, Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, India. (Now Pakistan). Pilot - Flying Officer Gerald Elsmie (aged 24) - was killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (May 25, 1939 page 530 - see link #3)
"Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that F/O (Act. Flight Lt.) Gerald Elsmie (flying solo) lost his life in an accident which occurred in India, on May 17, to an aircraft of No. 39 Squadron."
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939%20-%201587.PDF
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risalpur#Military_history
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2008 10:53 | JINX | Added |
| 22-Jan-2012 15:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 14-Jul-2013 03:36 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 13-Mar-2018 21:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 04:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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