Between 1936 - 1940 the Armstrong Whitworth built Hawker Hart serial no K6483 was involved in two accidents. I believe that it was based at RAF Thornaby on Tees at the time. I believe one of these accidents was at its home airfield and the other may have been in County Durham. Can anyone please confirm the location of this 1936 accident. The aircraft would probably be with 608 Squadron at this time.
Theres a photograph of it here (probably already aware but it may jog someones memory) Flickriver: Jims Pond's photos tagged with thornabyontees Kyle
Thank you Kyle, I did have a photo but not this one. The photo I had was totally without people! Looking at the skyline, just about half an inch to the right of the tail wheel, there is a tall structure that I think I can identify but it is up in County Durham and about 40 miles north of Thornaby by road, probably much less by air. Combining this with a caption on my original photo I think the tall building could be part of the steel works at Consett and the crash site could be near the village of Castleside. If only I can prove it!
I would love to think it is. But the aircraft was only a trainer and also used as a hack so it is unlikely to be present in any detail. Do you happen to know the publisher and the date of this book?
Can anybody please tell me if it is possible to get any sort of maintenance or repair record for this aircraft?
I might be able to help http://collections.beamish.org.uk/s...rything&hiQuality=0&withPhotos=0&filterQuery=
RAF Museum Hendon should be able to hook you up with the AM78 record for this aircraft - it records where and when the airframe was on service. However P/O H J Williams prang on 2nd August 1936 (in the photo) was Cat M for airframe and Cat R for engine so may have been retained on unit and Repaired on Site rather than SOS and TOS to a maintenance unit. As an aside the incident on June 1940 was burst port wheel taxy out to take off, slewing and touching wing tip - it did not overturn. Ross
Thank you. The dating of the two incidents is a very big help and your information tells me that this incident had to be the first one you mentioned.
Thank you - there was some debate as to whether this accident happened in Yorkshire or County Durham. As this wonderful museum is only about 10 miles from Castleside, the likelihood of it happening there is more likely as they only normally hold local photographs.
Thanks to Ross for the accurate dating and Bakerite for mentioning that Beamish Museum held a copy of the photograph (they only hold local photographs, I have been able to find two press cuttings which someone sent me, proving that this aircraft crashed between Castleside and Muggleswick which is what I thought. Unfortunately the clippings are not dated and I do not have the name of the papers they came from. So thanks to all who helped.