Hawker Audax K-4396, 6 FTS, RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire: Written off (destroyed) 13/3/39 when crashed into the English Channel, off Chesil Beach, Dorset, when failed to pull out of a dive and hit the top of the beach before crashing into the sea 20 yards beyond the low tide mark. Pilot – Acting Pilot Officer Adam Eastman de Pencier (aged 25) – killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in “Flight” magazine (March 23, 1939 page 294 – see link #3)
“FLYING ACCIDENTS
P/O Adam Eastman de Pencier (flying solo) lost his life in an accident which occurred at Chesil Beach, Dorset, on March 13, to an aircraft of No. 6 Flying Training School, Little Rissington, Gloucestershire”
He is buried in the Warmwell (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Dorset, United Kingdom.
Make: Hawker
Model: Audax
Serial No: K-4396
Pilot: P/O Adam Eastman de Pencier
Date of Loss: 13th March 1939
Reason of Loss: Crashed
Rough Location: Fleet Chesil beach
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