ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18798
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 03-JUN-1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon II |
| Operator: | Great Western & Southern Airlines Ltd. |
| Registration: | G-ACPY |
| C/n / msn: | 6076 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Off Scilly Isles -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Scilly Isles (St Mary's) |
| Land's End (St Just) |
3rd June 1941 – Dragon Rapide G-ACPY disappeared after leaving St. Mary’s for Land’s End. An immediate search was made (five passengers and the pilot were on board). Only one body was found (a passenger - washed up near Portreath). The service was suspended until 27th October. It was later established that a Heinkel 111H-4 attacked the aircraft with its nose mounted machine-gun.
Its port engine on fire, the DH84 crashed into the sea and sank - the Luftwaffe regarded G-ACPY as a "legitimate target" with its military appearance and government links.
Crew/Pass:
Capt William Donald Anderson DFC killed.
Pax: Mrs Sheelagh Marguerita Leggitt - Secretary to Sir Walter Monckton, Director-General of Ministry of Information. Who had been on holiay at Penzance, killed.
Mr John Leggitt - Husband, Secetary of Anglo-Egyptian Chamber of Commerce in London killed.
Pax: Jeannie Leggitt (aged 11) killed.
Pax: Romalita Leggitt (aged 9) killed.
Pax: Mrs. Georgina Edith Lucy Griffith killed.
Registration G-ACPY formally cancelled by UK Civil Aviation Authority 11.6.41 as "aircraft destroyed"
Sources:
http://www.landsendairport.co.uk/news_history.html
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACPY.pdf
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac5/ROW%20Europe/EI-ABI.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2008 16:12 | JINX | Updated |
| 06-Apr-2011 12:54 | 87.114.20.207 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2011 04:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Country, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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