ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16996
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 May 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles Magister Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Wyton SF RAF |
| Registration: | L5948 |
| MSN: | 380 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Godmanchester, near Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Miles Magister Mk.I L5948, RAF Wyton Station Flight; written off (damaged beyond repair) 10.5.38 when dived and crashed in field, near Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire. Both crew were killed:
Pilot Officer Ivor Jack Fawdry (pilot, aged 22)
Pilot Officer Colin James Carr Lee (aged 22)
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (May 19, 1938 page 489 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
P/O Ivor Jack Fawdry and P/O Colin James Carr Lee lost their lives in an accident which occurred near Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, on May 10 to an aircraft of No. 139 (B) Sqn., Wyton, Huntingdon. P/O Fawdry was the pilot and P/O Lee the other occupant of the aircraft"
Sources:
1. Royal air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%201389.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2008 07:32 | JINX | Added |
| 08-Feb-2018 20:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2018 16:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2018 17:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 08:34 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2020 17:08 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
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