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Date: | Wednesday 2 December 1931 |
Time: | |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 13 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K1525 |
MSN: | AW.649 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Kenley, Surrey, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Surrey |
Destination airport: | RAF Kenley, Surrey |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2/12/1931: Lost formation in cloud and DBR in forced landing in fog near RAF Kenley, Surrey, when aircraft hit trees.
(K1525 was 19th of a batch of 96 aircraft ordered from Armstrong Whitworth, Whitley, to contract 35536/30 to meet Specification 11/28. Delivered between November 1930 and August 1931).
Sources:
1. The K File The RAF of the 1930s (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 p. 8)
2. Halley, J.J., The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988, Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1988 p.44 ISBN 0-85130-164-9
3.
http://britishaviation-ptp.com/aw_atlas.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Feb-2008 12:53 |
JINX |
Added |
27-Jan-2012 13:05 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Country] |
15-Jul-2013 02:46 |
JINX |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
09-Jun-2015 17:33 |
Angel dick one |
Updated [Operator] |
07-Feb-2017 17:58 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
10-Jul-2023 21:28 |
Nepa |
Updated |