ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209005
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 February 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Short Singapore Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 205 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K3594 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Seletar -
 Singapore
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Seletar, Singapore |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Short Singapore III K3594, 205 Squadron, RAF Seletar: Written off (destroyed) 2/2/37 when crashed on take-off, from Seletar, Singapore. One of the crew of six was killed, the other five injured:
Pilot Officer Robert Douglas Blair (aged 22) killed (drowned)
Sqn Ldr Albert Wentworth Bates injured
LAC William Trevor Davies injured
AC1 Joe Lee injured
AC1 Leonard Frank Wilkins injured
AC1 Alexander Thomas Edward Daniells injured
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (February 18, 1937 page 177 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
The Air Ministry regrets to announce that P/O Robert Douglas Blair (Second pilot) is missing and is presumed to have lost his life as the result of an accident which occurred at Seletar on February 2, to an aircraft of No. 205 (Flying Boat) Squadron, Seletar, Singapore. The first pilot of the aircraft, Sqn. Ldr. Albert Wentworth Bates, and the following members of the crew were slightly injured: L.A/C. William Trevor Davies, A/C.1 Joe Lee, A/C.1 Leonard Frank Wilkins, and A/C.1 Alexander Thomas Edward Daniells".
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 26)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%200453.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2018 23:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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