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Crash of a Fairey IIIF in Boarhills: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
S1341
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Leuchars - Leuchars
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Leuchars on a local solo training flight. En route, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in Boarhills, about 11 km southeast of the airbase. The pilot F/O Alexander Maximilian McDowell was killed.