ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68726
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| Date: | Monday 4 April 1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Fury Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 43 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K2074 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stanstead Park, near Rowlands Castle, Chichester, Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, West Sussex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Fury Mk.I K2074, 43 Sqaudron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 4/4/38 when broke up in flight during aerobatics, pilot abandoned too late. Aircraft came down in the wood of Stanstead Park, near Rowlands Castle, Chichester, Sussex.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Mathew Baxter (pilot) RAF killed.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. The Fighting Cocks: 43 (Fighter) Squadron By Jimmy Beedle
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stansted_Park
5. http://aircrewremembered.com/justin-clermont.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2009 09:39 | JINX | Added |
| 14-Jul-2013 08:54 | JINX | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2018 23:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2018 21:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 18:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2023 09:12 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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