ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2146
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| Date: | Monday 9 March 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 26 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K3076 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Atley Hill, near Scorton, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Audax I K3076, 26 Sqn, RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire: Written off (destroyed) 9/3/36 when crashed in bad weather, at Atley Hill, near Scorton, North Yorkshire (at approximate co ordinates 54.41628°N 1.55857°W). Both crew killed:
Flying Officer Robert Legg (aged 35, who was also a Lt, 1st Battn Kings Own Scottish Borderers)
Flying Officer Peter Godfrey (aged 26, who was also a Lt, in the Royal Artillery)
According to a contemporary newspaper report (Singapore Morning Tribune, 10 March 1936, Page 1 - see link #4):
"Ex-Singapore R.A.F. Man Killed
London, March 9.
FLYING Officer Peter Godfrey, formerly of the Royal Artillery, and stationed at Singapore until last year, when he joined the R.A-F., was killed with Plying Officer Robert Legg in a crash at Atley Hill, Yorkshire. (Reuters)"
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/34476320@N02/12091878544
4. Singapore Morning Tribune, 10 March 1936, Page 1 at http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19360310-1.2.3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2008 04:38 | JINX | Added |
| 26-Jan-2012 14:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Jul-2013 03:12 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 02-Mar-2018 13:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2018 13:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 07:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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