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| Date: | Sunday 24 September 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American Harvard Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Grantham SF RAF |
| Registration: | N7067 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Newton, 7 miles South of Sleaford, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spitalgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North American Harvard Mk.I N7067, Station Flight, RAF Grantham: Written off (destroyed) 24/9/39 when went out of control and spun into ground out of cloud, Newton, seven miles south of Sleaford, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire. Both crew were killed:
Flying Officer William Symington Pryde (Service Number 37690, aged 22) killed
L.A/C Albert Bernard Hayes (Service Number 219069, aged 49) killed
At the time of his death Flying Officer Pryde may have been with an armament training school. Newton is a hamlet in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The hamlet is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) east from the town of Grantham, 7 miles (11 km) south from Sleaford, and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south from the A52 road, at approximate co ordinates 52.9134°N 0.44459°W.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2728-Early-RAF-Harvard-losses
4. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1939-incident-logs
5. https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/writer-focuses-on-tragic-village-tale-1-152161
6. http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Pryde_WS
7. http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2686
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton,_Lincolnshire
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2456715/pryde,-william-symington/
10. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2702727/hayes,-albert-bernard/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2018 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Apr-2018 16:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Apr-2018 19:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Nov-2018 18:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 05-Nov-2019 23:02 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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