ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68625
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| Date: | Sunday 4 August 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Demon Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K4502 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Colindale Underground Station, near RAF Hendon, Middlesex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hendon, Middlesex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Demon K4502: Written off (destroyed) 04/08/1935 when engine failed on take-off & crashed onto the electric railway line and burned, north of Colindale Underground Station, near RAF Hendon, Middlesex. Both crew killed.
The wreck was on the bridge over a footpath linking Montrose Park with Booth Road.
A witness, Mr Knight from 161 Booth Road, documented the scene with a series of photographs which were eventually donated to the RAF Museum Hendon.
Crew:
F/O Robert Louis Nimmo (pilot) RAF Aux AF: killed.
AC1 Sidney John Mabbutt (RAF): killed
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/69235
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17884-RAF-fatalities-1935
5. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g9kakNt8X8k/UBlbfQMx7PI/AAAAAAAAadU/tYDed91X1_c/s1600/A_8188.jpg
6. Dundee Evening Telegraph Angus, Scotland 20 Aug 1935
7. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/69235
8. Memorial Plaque to R.L.Nimmo in Dunblance Cathedral: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g9kakNt8X8k/UBlbfQMx7PI/AAAAAAAAadU/tYDed91X1_c/s1600/A_8188.jpg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2009 21:09 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2012 06:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jul-2013 13:43 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2013 02:53 | JINX | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Aug-2013 14:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2013 06:53 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 04-Aug-2013 09:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2013 15:02 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 14-Oct-2014 15:04 | yarbi | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 22-Jan-2016 06:23 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 26-Mar-2016 20:31 | Yarbi | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 01-Mar-2018 16:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2018 22:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2018 22:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2018 22:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 05-Apr-2018 23:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 03-May-2023 16:30 | LincsCR50 | Updated [[Source]] |
| 04-May-2023 05:12 | LincsCR50 | Updated [[[Source]]] |
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