ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141539
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| Date: | Monday 7 July 1941 |
| Time: | 19:00 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 782 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | R9563 |
| MSN: | 6491 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kempstone Hill, near Cowie, 3 miles N of Stonehaven -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Hatston, Kirkwall, Orkney |
| RNAS Donibristle, Fife |
c/no 6491: Taken on charge by RAF as R9563 under Contract 26448/39 at 9 MU Cosford 26.5.40. To Royal Navy 29.8.40 and issued to 782 Squadron, at RNAS Donibristle. (First DH.89 to be delivered to the Fleet Air Arm)
Written off (destroyed) when flew into high ground in bad weather at Kempstone Hill, near Cowie, 3 miles north of Stonehaven 7.7.41; while ferrying personnel from Hatston, Kirkwall, Orkney, to Donibristle, Fife. All 6 on board (pilot, co pilot, and four passengers) were killed:
Pilot Officer Walter C. Jones, pilot, FAA (Service Number FX 81344)
Flying Officer Margaret Ethne Jean Dobson, WRNS, aged 36, co pilot and navigator.
Passengers:
Lt Frederick Penrose Tennyson, RNVR (detached from 804 Sqn, FAA)
Flight Lt J. L. Day, Service Number C/JX 201683,
Mr. Charles William Young, civilian employee of Vickers Armstrong Ltd,
Mr. T. McCave (civilian)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980 page 58)
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/05438.php
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide-near-cowie-6-killed
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2456899/dobson,-margaret-ethne-jean/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2456978/tennyson,-frederick-penrose/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3160290/young,-charles-william/
8. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1941-07JUL.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2012 03:35 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Jan-2012 03:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-Jan-2018 10:11 | Nickmac | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2019 22:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2024 07:12 | Gmccave | Updated [Country, Narrative, Photo] |
| 07-Feb-2024 07:16 | Anon. | Updated [Country] |
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