ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68610
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| Date: | Thursday 30 September 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Demon Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 29 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K3769 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF North Weald, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
| RAF North Weald, Essex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Demon K3769: Written off (destroyed) 30/9/37 in a collision with K3803 in circuit, RAF North Weald, Essex. Both crew of Demon K3769 were killed:
Sgt Arthur Clifton Reginald Wood (pilot) RAF killed
AC2 Brinley Thomas South (AG) RAF killed
In addition one of the two crew of Demon K3803 was also killed (which see). According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (October 7 1937 page 355 - see link #3):
"Sgt. Arthur Clifton Reginald Wood, AC.1 Robert Pull and AC.2 Brinley Thomas South lost their lives as the result of a collision in the air which occurred at North Weald on September 30 between two aircraft of No. 29 (Fighter) Squadron, North Weald.
Sgt. Wood was the pilot of one aircraft and AC.2 South was a passenger. AC.1 Pull was a passenger of the other aircraft, the pilot of which, P/O Leon Maxwell-Muller, was not injured"
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1937/1937%20-%202771.PDF
4. http://www.nwamuseum.co.uk/remembering.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2009 15:08 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2016 18:02 | J.Cryer | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2018 20:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2021 13:46 | Sergey L. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-May-2023 18:27 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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