ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222900
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| Date: | Sunday 7 December 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 3 DF RAF |
| Registration: | X7341 |
| MSN: | 6527 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hordley, SW of Ellesmere, Shropshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawarden, Cheshire |
| RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire |
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 #70026/70050) To 3 Delivery Flight, RAF Hawarden, Cheshire 28.6.41.
Written off (destroyed) 7.12.41 after being abandoned by the pilot after being struck by lightning in snowstorm on ferry flight to RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire and crashed, being destroyed by fire on impact, at Hordley, south west of Ellesmere, Shropshire.The crash is mentioned in 57 OTU ORB but doesn't name any of the crew, below is a copy of the entry for December 7th 1941:
"Sudden deterioration in the weather caused six Spitfires of 57 OTU to crash, two pilots being killed. In the same storm a Dominie aircraft of No.3 Delivery Flight was struck by lightning causing it to crash. The pilot and one of the five passengers were killed."
Some published sources (see links #3 and #4) name the two killed as:
Sgt (Pilot) John Ernest Moodie (Service Number 60527, RAFVR, New Zealander, aged 24)
Pilot Officer George Kingston Eaton (Service Number 101066, RAFVR, aged 20)
Neither of these two were at the controls at the time; published sources give the pilot in command at the time of the accident as a "Sgt. Brookes", who, as stated above, bailed out and was injured in a "hard" parachute landing. The other three passengers also bailed out by parachute and were injured on landing.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1054&p=5362#5362
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?4288&p=23866#23866
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1525986/moodie,-john-ernest/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2763555/eaton,-george-kingston/
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hordley
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 February 1941 | X7354 | 3 DF RAF | 0 | Hordley, Shropshire | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2019 22:37 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Mar-2019 22:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Mar-2019 08:46 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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