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| Date: | Friday 3 August 1928 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | The London Aeroplane Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EBYD |
| MSN: | 672 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Canons Park, Edgware, Middlesex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex |
| Stag Lane Aerodrome, Middlesex |
C/no. 672 DH.60X [Cirrus II]: registered G-EBYD [C of R 1639] 17.5.28 to The London Aeroplane Club Ltd, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex. C of A 1488 issued 4.7.28.
Crashed 3 miles from Stag Lane 3.8.28, when broke up during aerobatics. One wing folded up and detached during a loop and dived towards the ground at 1,000 feet; the airframe fell into Canons Park, near the Edgware Road, whilst the wing was found a half-mile away, Pilot Lieutenant Edmund Lawrence D Moore, RN (aged 27) was killed, with one other (the un-named passenger). Registration G-EBYD cancelled 9.8.28 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Canons Park is a public park and the name of its surrounding residential area, in the Edgware district of the London Borough of Harrow, north west London. Canons Park was a country estate which partially survives today as a public park.
NOTE: Lieutenant Edmund Moore was assigned to the aircraft carrier HMS Furious, hence official Naval Records give that as the location of the fatality.
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA5/10/C126: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576594
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBYD.pdf
3. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-stag-lane-2-killed
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E4.html
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
7. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1928.htm
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17344-RAF-fatalities-1928
9. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVieWQiXQ==
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canons_Park
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Dec-2011 16:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Dec-2011 16:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Mar-2015 21:36 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Sep-2017 22:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Jun-2018 12:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Nov-2023 07:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 02-Jun-2024 20:50 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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