ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204899
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 September 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly |
| Owner/operator: | 8 AACU RAF |
| Registration: | X9389 |
| MSN: | 7524 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Polden Hills, Penwoodchedzoy, 3 miles east of Bridgwater, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Weston Zoyland, Bridgewater, Somerset |
| RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan |
c/no. 7524 (Gipsy Major #8706/8707): Registered as G-AEDV (C of R 6779) 5.36 to The Hon Charles John Winn, London W1 (aircraft based at Croydon). C of A 5580 issued 8.10.36. Re-registered [C of R 7940] 16.6.37 to Birkett Air Service Ltd, Heston, Middlesex. Registration cancelled 27.3.40 as 'sold'. ("Change of Ownership of Aircraft"; requisitioned by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry)
To 110 (AAC) Wing, RAF Ringway, Cheshire same day. Impressed into military service as X9389 on 31.3.40. To 7 AACU RAF Castle Bromwich 3.5.40. To 8 AACU RAF St. Athan, Cardiff 25.8.41.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed after take-off in fog in the Polden Hills at Penwoodchedzoy, 3 miles east of Bridgwater, Sedgemoor district of Somerset 3.9.41; both crew killed
Crew of DH.90 X9389:
Flight Lieutenant John Ronald Melville Sales (Pilot, Service Number 70789, aged 37)
Sergeant Hugh Walter Bellingham RAFVR (Service Number 819105)
Both crew were buried at Holy Cross Churchyard, Middlezoy, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File 81/8825: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16924667
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AEDV.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p075.html
6. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Sep41.html
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH90.pdf
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=108082
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2692146/john-ronald-melville-sales/
10. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2692142/hugh-walter-bellingham/
11. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194265896/john_ronald-melville-sales
12. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=55457
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polden_Hills
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chedzoy
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2018 22:26 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Jan-2018 22:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2020 11:18 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2022 23:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 14-Nov-2022 18:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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