Date:	Monday 29 September 1941
Time:	15:30 approx
Type:	Miles Master Mk III
Owner/operator:	59 OTU RAF
Registration:	W8594
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Black Tarn Fell, about 12 miles north of Gilsland, Northumberland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Crosby-on-Eden, Cumberland
Destination airport:	RAF Crosby-on-Eden, Cumberland

Narrative:
Miles Master Mk.III W8594, 59 OTU, RAF Crosby-on-Eden, Cumberland. Written off (destroyed 29 September 1941 when crashed at Black Tarn Fell, about 12 miles north of Gilsland, Northumberland. Crashed in heavy rain and poor visibility while engaged in an air-to-air cine-gunnery exercise. It is believed that the pilot had become lost and was trying to establish his position when he flew into the side of a hill. Pilot killed

NZ402445 Sgt George Frederick Hillier (pilot, aged 23) RNZAF, killed in a flying accident 29 September 1941,
R.I.P. George Hillier is buried in Carlisle (Dalston Rd) Cemetery.

1. 'For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 (Volume One: Fates 1915-1942)' by Errol Martyn.
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/9352: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16997599
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2695575/george-frederick-hillier/
4. https://aircrewremembered.com/hillier-gorge-frederick.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=W8594
6. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C25943
7. https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/george-frederick-hillier
8. https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/rnzaf-caribbean-czech-war-grave-photos-for-projects.21979/page-19#post-769188

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Jan-2014 10:06	angels one five	Added
09-Oct-2018 19:43	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
03-Apr-2020 21:18	TigerTimon	Updated [Time]