ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53813
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 August 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | Hawker Aircraft Limited |
| Registration: | Z2340 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vickers Armstrong airport Brooklands, Surrey, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Brooklands airfield, Surrey |
On 28 August 1940 Mr. Russell-Stracey, a Hawker test pilot, is killed when his Hurricane Z2340, suffered engine failure on taking off for its first flight. At this time Hawker Hurricanes were being made by Vickers Armstrong at their factory in Weybridge, built on the site of the Brooklands race track.
Crew:
Mr Edward George Honeywood RUSSELL-STACEY (test.pilot) Hawker Aircraft Ltd : killed
Sources:
1.https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=54
2.Hawker production list
3.http://www.nimh.nl/nl
4.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2022 03:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Jun-2022 05:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-May-2023 17:29 | Nepa | Updated [[Location]] |
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