ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141443
Last updated: 5 October 2020
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| Date: | 27-MAY-1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 2 SS Royal Air Force (2 SS RAF) |
| Registration: | R5929 |
| C/n / msn: | 6466 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Easton Hill, near Bishops Cannings, Devizes, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Yatesbury, Wiltshire |
| RAF Yatesbury, Wiltshire |
c/no.6466: Taken on charge by RAF as R5929 under Contract 21547/39 at 2 E&WS Yatesbury 27.10.39; renamed 2 Signal School RAF 26.8.40.
Written off when stalled and crashed, whilst low flying at Easton Hill, near Bishops Cannings, Devizes, Wiltshire 27.5.41; all 7 on board killed, including civilian pilot Frederick J O’Connor. The six military crew killed were:
AC2 (W/Op under training) Frank BILLINGHAM, Service Number 1192273;
AC2 (W/Op under training) Arthur S. BUTCHER, Service Number1290772;
Corporal (W/Op) Victor C. CHITTOCK, Service Number 640119;
AC2 (W/Op) John BOOTH, Service Number 1000552;
AC2 (W/Op) Ivor C. BURGESS, Service Number 1073117;
AC2 (W/Op under training) John BATES, Service Number 1073782;
All the deaths were registered at Devizes. DH.89A R5929 Struck off charge 3.6.41.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragon_Rapide#Accidents_and_incidents
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-bishops-cannings-7-killed
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2930-410527-Unaccounted-airmen-27-5-1941/page2
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3156630/o'connor,-/
7. https://rotherhamwarmemorials.weebly.com/rgs-2.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 09:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Jan-2012 14:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Jan-2017 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2018 09:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2019 22:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2020 16:42 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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