Incident Hawker Fury Mk I K8236,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68768
 
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Date:Saturday 27 February 1937
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic hafu model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Fury Mk I
Owner/operator:11 FTS RAF
Registration: K8236
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire
Destination airport:RAF Wittering
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hawker Fury K8236: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 27/2/36 when collided with a target during firing practice & damaged undercarriage, which collapsed on landing back at RAF Wittering.
Not repaired, Struck off charge 14/5/37 as Cat.E

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 68)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Oct-2009 14:15 JINX Added
09-Apr-2018 00:17 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Nov-2018 17:58 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
09-Jul-2023 21:01 Nepa Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]]

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