ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18776
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 June 1939 |
| Time: | c. 12:40 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | British American Air Services |
| Registration: | G-AERE |
| MSN: | 6355 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dorau's Seat, Ettersgill Fell, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co. Durham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex |
| Newcastle Airport, Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne(NCL/EGNT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered G-AERE [C of R 7491] 18.3.37 to LHG Ltd as nominee for British-American Air Services Ltd, Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex. C of A 5903 issued 11.5.37. Registered [C of R 8586] 25.6.38 to director/nominee Mrs Lillian H Falk, Heston. Registered 12.1.39 [back] to LHG Ltd, Heston; still as nominee for BAAS.
On 20.6.39, the aircraft took off from Heston Aerodrome at 10.19 am, bound for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and reported its position by radio when passing York at midday. But it never arrived in Newcastle, where passenger John Crouch was due to ride the King’s horse "Mouzelle" in the Seaton Delaval Stakes at Gosforth Racecourse; the horse was withdrawn from the race as a mark of respect.
The BBC broadcast appeals for news of the missing aeroplane, and the following day the Royal Air Force conducted a search.
But it was not until 5 pm on 21.6.39 that Robert Redfearn, a postman, and his friend, spotted the burned-out wreckage of the aircraft near the summit of Dorau’s Seat on Ettersgill Fell at Middleton-in-Teesdale in County Durham, miles from the nearest habitation. The bodies of the three persons on board were found close to the wreckage:
Ferruccio Sylvani (Frank) Appi (pilot, aged 20)
James Elmslie (wireless operator, aged 33, from Amble, Northumberland)
John Lionel (Jack) Crouch (jockey, passenger, aged 23)
Registration G-AERE cancelled by the Air Ministry 27.6.39 as "aircraft destroyed"
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-forest-teesdale-3-killed
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AERE.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragon_Rapide#Accidents_and_incidents
5. "King's jockey is in missing plane" Dundee Courier (26847). 21 June 1939. p. 7.
6. http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/auction-revives-memory-jockeys-death-6275374
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A9.html
8. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
9. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Crouch_(jockey)
Images:
the burnt out remains of G-AERE on Dora's Seat
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Jul-2008 11:27 | Anon. | Updated |
| 31-Jul-2008 23:11 | Anon. | Updated |
| 29-Sep-2011 05:41 | ryan | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2011 18:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2016 18:31 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2017 20:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2017 20:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 19:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2018 22:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2018 22:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Mar-2019 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2019 20:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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