ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68734
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| Date: | Friday 17 December 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Fury Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K2902 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stansted Park, 2 miles east of Rowlands Castle, Hampshire, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex |
| RAF Tangmere, West Sussex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Fury I K2901 & K2902, 1 Squadron, RAF Tangmere: Written off (destroyed) 17/12/37 when involved in a midair collision, Stansted Park, 2 miles east of Rowlands Castle, Hampshire. Both pilots were killed:
Flying Off (Acting Flight Lt) Harry Hamilton Peck (aged 26) killed
Sgt Robert Edmund Patten (aged 26) killed
Note: is it not clear which pilot was in which aircraft. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (December 23 1937 page 630 - see link #3)
"Fit. Lt. Harry Hamilton Peck and Sgt. Robert Edmund Patten lost their lives as the result of a collision in the air which occurred at Stansted Park, Hampshire, on December 17, between two aircraft of No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, Tangmere, Chichester, Sussex."
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-%203566.PDF
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39
5. https://www.facebook.com/Ww2AircraftCrashSites/posts/614380338720642
6. http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Swindelle/10717.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2009 10:02 | JINX | Added |
| 08-Mar-2018 23:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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