ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48535
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 05-JAN-1941 |
| Time: | Day |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk.II |
| Operator: | ATA RAF |
| Registration: | V3540 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Thames Estuary. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool. |
| RAF Kidlington. |
On the 4th of January, 1941 the celebrated pilot Amy Johnson took off from Prestwick to deliver an Oxford to Kidlington in Oxfordshire. Bad weather prevented her completing the flight that day and she spent the night in Blackpool.
Next day with the weather still poor, she continued her journey to Kidlington, a flight that should have taken about 90 minutes.
Four and a half hours later, lost above a solid cloud layer and probably out of fuel, she baled out over the Thames Estuary.
Her parachute and falling aircraft were sighted by the ships in a convoy and a gallant attempt was made to save her by the captain of a Royal Navy escort ship
who dived into the freezing water to rescue her. He died later from exposure.
Tragically, this effort was to no avail and Amy was drowned.
Her body was never recovered.
Sources:
Various.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2008 23:16 | angels one five | Added |
| 12-Sep-2010 19:24 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2011 17:04 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2012 09:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2012 22:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2013 16:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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