Incident Hawker Audax Mk I K7435,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2450
 
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Date:Wednesday 12 October 1938
Time:day
Type:Hawker Audax Mk I
Owner/operator:11 FTS RAF
Registration: K7435
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Fitz Mill, River Perry, Acton Heath, Shropshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Shawbury, Shropshire
Destination airport:RAF Shawbury
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hawker Audax Mk.1 K7435, 11 FTS, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12/10/38 when abandoned after aileron failed & aircraft rolled out of control. Pilot baled out, aircraft crashed at Fitz Mill, River Perry, Acton Heath, Shropshire.

Pilot: Acting Pilot Officer John Douglas George Withers

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976, page 61)
2. Final Descent: Air Crashes in Wales and the Borders By Terence Hill
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Perry,_Shropshire#Milling

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Feb-2008 22:56 JINX Added
05-Mar-2012 06:28 paulmcmillan Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
10-Jan-2015 02:13 Dr. John Smith Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
17-Mar-2018 01:32 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Mar-2018 01:35 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]
25-Nov-2018 14:31 Nepa Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Operator]

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