ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207878
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| Date: | Friday 25 November 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator II |
| Owner/operator: | 33 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8013? |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Almaliha, West of Jerusalem, Palestine -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ismalia, Egypt |
| RAF Lydda, Tel Aviv, Palestine | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Gladiator, 33 Squadron, RAF Ismailia, Egypt: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/11/38 when crashed in forced landing, near Almaliha, West of Jerusalem, Palestine. Pilot - Pilot Officer Henry Granville Hudson (aged 26) - was killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement about this accident, in "Flight" magazine (December 8, 1938, page 515 - see link #4):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
P/O Henry Granville Hudson (flying solo) lost his life in an accident which occurred near Jerusalem on November 25 to an aircraft of No. 33 (Fighter) Squadron, Ismailia, Egypt"
NOTE: The serial number of the aircraft involved is not confirmed. Three Gloster Gladiators of 33 Squadron have no known fates (L7623, L8013 and L8019). On the other hand, three Gloster Gladiators of 33 Squadron were written off in accidents in 1938-39. However the tie-up between each aircraft and each accident is not confirmed. Circumstantial evidence would indicate that the aircraft in which P/O Hudson was killed was one of these three.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
3. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_raf_33.htm
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%203441.PDF
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21666-Royal-Air-Force-Non-World-War-burials-in-the-care-of-C-W-G-C-RAMLEH-WAR-CEMETERY
6. Winnipeg Free Press November 28, 1938 page 10 at https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-nov-28-1938-p-10/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2018 19:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Mar-2018 19:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 18:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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