ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68687
Last updated: 26 July 2020
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| Date: | 27-JAN-1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fairey IIIF Mk IVB |
| Owner/operator: | 35 Squadron Royal Air Force (35 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | K1776 |
| C/n / msn: | F1475 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Atbara, Gebeit, near Port Sudan -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Port Sudan, Sudan |
Fairey Gordon K1776 was on a Ferry Flight (at Atbara, near Gebeit, Port Sudan) on 27th January 1936. Its crew comprised:
Crew:
F/Lt Connolly
F/Lt Edwards
LAC Campling
The AM Form 1180 shows ” Clouds from 1,000 to 2,000 feet and 5,000 to 7,000 feet. Passed behind clouds and then came out of clouds in spin. Got out of one dive and spin and then went into another. Pilot used parachute from low height and killed. Two passengers burnt.”
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has advised that their remains are concentrated as follows:
CONNOLLY, Sylvanus George, Khartoum War Cemetery, Plot 2 Row E Grave 1
EDWARDS, Philip Vaughan, Khartoum War Cemetery, Plot 2 Row E Grave 2
CAMPLING, Frank, Khartoum War Cemetery, Plot 2 Row E Grave 3
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. https://35squadron.wordpress.com/category/fairey-gordon-losses-and-incidents/
3. https://www.facebook.com/35squadronresearch/
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?20015-Inter-War-Burials
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2009 08:38 | JINX | Added |
| 21-Jun-2013 11:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2013 16:43 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 05-Mar-2018 11:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 16:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jul-2020 14:49 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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