ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69256
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| Date: | Thursday 18 August 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Hardy Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 6 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K5920 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kafr Harris, near Nablus, Palestine -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ramleh, Palestine |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hardy Mk.I K5920, 6 Squadron, RAF Ramleh, Palestine: Written off (destroyed) when shot down by ground fire, near Nablus, Palestine. Aircraft caught fire on impact with the ground and was destroyed by fire.
Crew:
Pilot: Flying Officer Robert Cassells Waddell DFC RAF killed.
Air Gunner: AC1 Richard Jennings RAF killed.
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (August 25, 1938 page 173 - see lini #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
F/O Robert Cassells Waddell, D.F.C. (pilot), and A/C.1 Richard Jennings lost their lives as the result of injuries received in an accident which occurred near Nablus, Palestine, on August 18 to an aircraft of No. 6 (Bomber) Squadron, Rarnleh, Palestine.
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%202411.PDF
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39/page3&styleid=3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Oct-2009 20:46 | JINX | Added |
| 15-Mar-2018 01:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2018 01:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2018 17:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2020 17:23 | Cobar | Updated [Total fatalities] |
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