ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 94974
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| Date: | Thursday 10 October 1940 |
| Time: | 15:55 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 253 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1928 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maidstone, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Surrey |
The plane crashed for unknown reasons. The pilot died as well as three women and five children on the ground.
The cause of the crash was most likely oxygen failure.
They were patrolling at 20,000 feet over Kent when one of the aircraft, L1928, went into a steep dive and crashed into numbers 59 and 61 Albion Place Maidstone, the aircraft immediately bursting into flames. The pilot Sgt H.H. Allgood RAF, three women and five children, were killed. Both husbands were working away at the time.
The civilians, all killed at 61 Albion Place, were buried at Maidstone Municipal Borough Cemetery.
Elizabeth Annie Wooding. Age 49.
Of 4 Astley Street. Wife of A E Wooding.
The following were children of above.
Vera Margaret Wooding. Age 18.
Brenda Naomi Wooding. Age 14.
Mavis Patricia Wooding. Age 12.
Sylvia Wooding. Age 10.
Brian Wooding. Age 6.
Doris Elizabeth Woods. Age 29.
Wife of Charles H Woods.
Patricia Audrey Woods. Age 7 months. Daughter of above.
Sources:
http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=18621.0
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-34496480
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2011 03:42 | angels one five | Added |
| 06-Mar-2011 01:05 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2012 08:26 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2012 22:45 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2015 09:33 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2015 18:04 | Jixn | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2017 12:41 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2019 19:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 06:09 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 06:21 | angels one five | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
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