ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140408
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 February 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 55 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P3664 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | High Marley Hill, Sunniside, near Gateshead, County Durham -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Usworth, Sunderland (EGNU) |
On the 10th February 1942, 24-years-old Sergeant-Pilot James D’Arcy Lees Graham (R/77959) from Carstairs, Alberta, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force based at RAF Usworth, was tragically killed in a flying accident, crashing into what was once an orchard opposite the High Marley Hill Radio Mast.
The Air Ministry Crash Card records that on the 10th February 1942 a single-seater fighter aircraft (Hawker Hurricane Mark I, serial number P3664) flew into high ground in a squall. The weather had deteriorated and the aircraft dived out of low cloud into a snow squall and failed to pull out of the dive.
The death certificate confirms that James D’Arcy Lees died of multiple injuries sustained as the result of an aeroplane crash. James D'Arcy Lees Graham is interred at St Margaret’s Church Cemetery, Castletown, Sunderland.
Sources:
http://www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/memorial.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7363-Hurricane-P3664
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/12506-heroes-at-rest/
http://www.bpears.org.uk/Misc/Gateshead_Plaques/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Hill#High_Marley_Hill
http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/2009/08/12/english-historian-seeks-photo-of-canadian-pilot
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2011 23:22 | angels one five | Added |
| 04-Jan-2012 12:45 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 11-Jan-2012 15:08 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 12-Jan-2012 13:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2012 01:19 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 17-Jan-2012 05:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 23-Jan-2012 11:27 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2013 14:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2013 03:30 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2013 20:54 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 11:47 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2021 10:35 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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