ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 247566
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| Date: | Saturday 17 August 1940 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: | Hawker Hart |
| Owner/operator: | 7 SFTS RAF |
| Registration: | K5799 |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Deeping St Nicholas, 5 miles SW of Spalding, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England |
| RAF Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England |
7 Service Flying Training School, Hawker Hart K5799, spun in and crashed at Deeping St Nicholas, 5 miles southwest of Spalding, Lincolnshire when on a instrument flying training mission from RAF Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, killing Pilot, Leading Airman, Edward George Culley and Pilot, Leading Airman, Charles Bryan Irving.
Sources:
FAA in home waters August 1940 (rafcommands.com)
Battle of Britain, August 1940 (naval-history.net)
Hart K5799 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database] RAFCommands.com
No. 7 Flying Training School RAF - Wikipedia
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 July 1940 | ????? | 1 FTS RAF | 1 | over RAF Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England | |
w/o |
| 30 September 1940 | K5038 | 1 FTS RAF | 1 | near Bulford, Wiltshire, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2021 23:06 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 14-Feb-2021 16:07 | Castle | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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