ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 116084
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 December 1943 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 311th Ferry Sqn /27th ATGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-75606 |
| MSN: | 3957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hartfield Farm, between Howwood and Neilston, Renfrewshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Renfrew Airport, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Burtonwood, Cheshire |
P-47D Thunderbolt, with serial number 42-75606 took off from Renfrew at 11:10 hrs on the 29th December 1943 on at internal flight to Burtonwood. At 11:30 hrs the aircraft flew lower than the surrounding terrain in mist, crashed through 2 lines of trees at Hartfield Farm and into a field, on the Gleniffer Braes, Scotland.
Pilot, 2nd Lt Herman C. Carey, sole person on board, was killed.
[There is a difference in the date of death of Herman C. Carey. On the headstone application form it is 28 December 1943. There is a memorial plaque on the place where he crashed in Scotland with the date of 29 December 1943
Memorial stone in field between Howwood and Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland reads: “Herman Carey killed at this spot 29th December 1943 while flying P-47D Thunderbolt.” He was in 311 AAF Ferrying Squadron. Crashed while flying from Renfrew Airport to Burtonwood in low cloud and heavy mist into plateau, altitude approximately 750 feet. Memorial stone located in field 250 yards from Hartfield farm, Hartfield Moss.
NOTE: 311th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 8th Air Force, was based at Maghaberry, Northern Ireland, (USAAF Station 239) at this time
Sources:
1. https://etvma.org/veterans/herman-c-carey-9530/
2. http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/thunderbolt_hartfield-farm.htm
3. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Dec1943O.htm
4. http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/thunderbolt_hartfield-farm.htm
5. http://www.wtdwhd.co.uk/Hartfield.html
6. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_4.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2018 21:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2018 07:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2020 20:36 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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