Date:	Sunday 8 June 1941
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:	4 DF RAF
Registration:	X7333
MSN:	6506
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Acklington, Northumberland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Acklington, Northumberland
Destination airport:	RAF Grangemouth, Scotland

Narrative:
C/no. 6506: Taken on charge as X7333 (recorded by DH as being uniquely under Contract No 55346/39) at 4 Delivery Flight, RAF Grangemouth 10.3.41. (2 x Gipsy Queen III engines #70002/70011)

Written off (damaged beyond repair ) when hit hedge on take-off after engine failure at RAF Acklington, Northumberland 8.6.41 and destroyed by fire. Struck off charge 14.6.41 as Cat.E(FA) to scrap and salvage at 1 MPRD (Metal Produce Recovery Department) Cowley, Oxfordshire. No fatalities or casualties reported.

1. 4 Delivery Flight Operational Record Book (Record of Events for the period 1 April 1941 to 31 October 1945): National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/890/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162250
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
4. https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-WWII1941.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ferry_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force#Aircraft
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Acklington#Second_World_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Feb-2019 22:48	Dr. John Smith	Added
10-Mar-2019 18:39	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, ]
23-Mar-2025 23:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Destination airport, Source, Category, ]