Incident de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide X7354,
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Date:Friday 7 February 1941
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH89 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:3 DF RAF
Registration: X7354
MSN: 6527
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hordley, Shropshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:RAF Hawarden, Cheshire
Destination airport:RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire
Narrative:
C/no. 6527: Taken on charge as X7354 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU RAF Cosford 28.5.41. (2 x Gipsy Queen III engines #70026/70050) To 3 Delivery Flight, RAF Hawarden, Cheshire 28.6.41.

Written off (destroyed) when abandoned by pilot after being struck by lightning in a snowstorm on ferry flight from RAF Hawarden to RAF Lichfield and crashed at Hordley, Shropshire 7.12.41. Aircraft burst into flames on impact, and was burnt out by the resulting fire.

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hordley

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 December 1941 X7341 3 DF RAF 2 Hordley, SW of Ellesmere, Shropshire w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Feb-2019 00:32 Dr. John Smith Added
10-Mar-2019 18:38 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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