What the records say
- When
- 11 Feb 1939
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 50.83° N, 0.12° W
- Description
- 1939 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 4
- Injured
- 1
1939 Brighton Audax crash
Aviation accident in England
On 11 February 1939, a Hawker Audax aircraft, registered K7459 of the No. 19 E&RFTS, en route from Gatwick Airport near Crawley to RAF Tangmere in Tangmere crashed into a house in Brighton, England. There were four fatalities in total: the pilot, who was the sole crew member, and a mother and her two children in the house.
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