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Date: | Monday 29 November 1937 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 80 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K7906 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Debden, Essex, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Debden, Essex |
Destination airport: | RAF Debden, Essex |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Delivered new from the manufacturers to 80 Squadron, RAF Debden 11/4/37: Written off 29/11/37: Aileron jammed by trailing aerial; lost height and hit ditch in forced landing, RAF Debden, Essex. Pilot - Pilot Officer Percy Oldroyd unhurt. Airframe struck off charge 22/4/38 (total time on airframe 87.10 hrs)
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2.
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_raf_80.htm 3.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9237-Gladiator-prangs Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Oct-2009 03:14 |
JINX |
Added |
23-Jan-2012 03:10 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
23-Jan-2012 03:10 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Source] |
14-Jul-2013 08:47 |
JINX |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
15-Jun-2015 11:04 |
Victor I |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
08-Mar-2018 21:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
01-May-2023 18:30 |
Nepa |
Updated |
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