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Aircraft Type Photo
BELOW: A Hawker Audax bi-plane.
Photo: [author unknown.]
Public domain. Copyright expired.
Aircraft Type and Background
RAF Hawker Audax / K7376
(Trainer)
Based largely on the Hawker Hart, which it resembled, the Hawker Audax was produced between 1931 and 1937. The aircraft was intended as a trainer / observation aircraft / light bomber.
The Audax was equipped with a Rolls-Royce Kestrel 1B engine, and had a maximum speed of 170mph. For armaments, it was equipped with two .303 machine guns--one forward and one aft. I could also carry four 20lb bombs.
The Audax saw service with the RAF and also with the Royal Navy (Fleet Air Arm), and was used by the RAF in countries such as India and Africa.
Aircraft Accident Details
At the moment, no details on the cause of this incident are available. However, the Audax was on a training flight when it crashed at Hill of Edendocher near Glen Dye [map] in Aberdeenshire.
Aircraft Crew Survivors
Both crew members survived. These were:
P/O J D Lenahan
F/O R E Atkinson
Crash Site Photos
BELOW: The skeletal remains of the Audax airframe at Hill of Edendocher.
Photo: 2008 Trish Steel
Released by the author to the public domain under the terms of Creative Commons Attribute Share-Alike 2.0 Generic license.
BELOW: A closer view of the Audax bi-plane airframe.
Photo: 2006 Ian Cleland
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Crash Date / Site
Accident Date: 5 May 1939
Accident Site: Hill of Edendocher
Region: Aberdeenshire
Nearest town or village: Bridge of Dye [map](Glen Dye).
From Banchory, via B974 South to Bridge of Dye, or from A90 then North on B974 to Bridge of Dye
Nearest large town: Stonehaven (E) or Brechin (S)
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GPS Ref: N/A
Other Air Crash Site in this Vicinity: Airspeed AS10 Oxford at Meluncart
Present Condition (Hawker Audax): Some airframe sections remain at the crash site.
Aircraft Details
Registration or Serial: K7376
Operator: RAF (No 8 Flying Training School, Montrose)
Operating Station: RAF Montrose
Station Location: Montrose, Angus, Scotland.
Current Station Status: Military Airport closed . Now, an RAF Heritage Centre.
Current Station Name: Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre
Principal airport data courtesy of John Woodside, A Catalogue of UK Airfields
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RAF and Related Links Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre No. 8 Flying Training School (scroll down website's page to find No. 8 FTS). RAF Montrose Photos at Photobucket
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