ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211069
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 May 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Bristol Bulldog IIA |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K1639(?) |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Upavon, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upavon, Wiltshire |
| RAF Upavon, Wiltshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Bristol Bulldog Mk.IIA, K1639(?) 3 Squadron, RAF Upavon: Written off (destroyed) 17/5/33 when crashed at RAF Upavon, Wiltshire. Pilot (and sole occupant) - Flying Officer William Ivan Clarke (aged 21) - was killed
Note: Not confirmed that Bulldog Mk.IIa K1639 was the aircraft involved. One source (see link #3) states that it was Bulldog K1101. However, the dates "don't fit"'; Bulldog K1101 was delivered to 3 Squadron, RAF on 4 July 1931, and was struck off charge on 6 May 1933 - eleven days before the above incident. Bulldog K1639 served with 54 Squadron from 7 October 1930, then with 3 Squadron, and was struck off charge on 4 August 1933 (see link #1)
Sources:
1. The K File - The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1995 p 147)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17674-RAF-Fatalities-1933&styleid=3
4. 3 Squadron RAF ORB (Air Ministry Form 540) 1924-1939: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8406488
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2018 13:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Nov-2018 07:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Oct-2019 22:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Source, Narrative] |
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