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Grief on a beach-1935

Grief on a beach-1935
Submitted by IDJ
Authors: 
IDJ
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Aircraft

Can anyone recognise this coastline?

Handwritten caption says "near Hong Kong"

As it is an RAF aircraft I would suggest it is a beach in Hong Kong near a village by the number of bystanders assembled

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Saturday, June 15, 1935
Gallery: 
1930s Hong Kong
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Submitted by philk on Sat, 2016-04-02 23:13.

This is Tai Wan beach in Tai Long Wan in northern Sai Kung. The island at the back is Tsim Chau. There is a reasonable match (once you have oriented SW) on this photo:

http://www.360cities.net/image/tai-wan-sai-kung?utm_source=google_earth&...

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2016-04-03 01:08.

Thank you much appreciated. Its been a long outstanding issue

Submitted by David on Mon, 2016-04-04 20:27.

I took a look at the newspapers around that date but didn't see a mention of this crash. Not sure if i missed it. it would have been kept out of the newspapers, or could it have been taken on a different date?

Regards, David

Submitted by David on Wed, 2016-04-06 13:10.

Date & more info from IDJ at: http://gwulo.com/node/31487

Submitted by Tideswell27 on Mon, 2016-07-11 05:25.

Possibly Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy) as opposed to Royal Air Force.

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2016-07-11 16:08.

RAF pilots flew  the aircraft and RAF personnel maintained them.

The Fleet Air Arm and crews were not seperately constituted from the RAF until 1939.