ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21026
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 October 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B Mk 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS) |
| Registration: | WH715 |
| MSN: | 71681 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Viney Bridge, South Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down Wiltshire (EGDM) |
| Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The pilot, who was a student on No 27 Fixed Wing Course of the ETPS, was undertaking a series of tests to assess the asymmetric handling characteristics of the Canberra. This particular flight was to explore the safety speed at 2,000 feet. During the exercise the pilot lost control and the recovery was affected when the aircraft entered cloud at 1500 feet. The pilot ejected but was outside the seat limits and he was killed. The aircraft crashed into a bungalow garden opposite a petrol station in South Street, Crewkerne, Somerset
Crew:
Pilot: Capitaine Jean G. Depui, French AF (flying solo) ejected too late and was killed.
Also killed was a would be rescuer on the ground, Mr. Charles Penman (aged 55) who had a heart attack.
Blazing fuel injured Mr. Ronald Meecham (aged 52) the proprietor of the garage and Mr. Arthur Hopkins (aged 40) who had called at the garage for petrol.
Sources:
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?82999-Canberra-crash-Crewkerne-60-s-70-s
http://derbosoft.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=furtherafield&action=display&thread=10617
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1056109/
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194559/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1968.htm#oct
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1968.htm
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/27494-some-of-dads-old-airshow-pics/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2008 01:13 | JINX | Added |
| 30-Jul-2008 10:34 | harro | Updated |
| 30-Jul-2008 10:44 | Newforest | Updated |
| 31-Jul-2008 05:19 | paulmcmillan | Updated |
| 01-Aug-2008 11:08 | paulmcmillan | Updated |
| 04-Oct-2008 11:09 | harro | Updated |
| 05-Apr-2013 15:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 15:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Jan-2014 16:19 | Bexb8 | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Jan-2014 16:27 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 09:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-May-2019 18:49 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2020 14:15 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2022 12:09 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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