ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68988
Last updated: 20 June 2013
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Date:21-MAR-1938
Time:
Type:Gloster Gladiator Mk.I
Operator:RAF 73 Sqn.
Registration: K7959
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Digby, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Digby
Narrative:
Overshot flare path & sank into ground on attempted overshoot being DBF.

Pilot:P/O John Francis Peaece RAF killed.

Sources:
Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s


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14-Oct-2009 23:49 JINX Added
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