Date:	Friday 21 November 1947
Time:	night
Type:	de Havilland DH.103 Hornet F Mk 1
Owner/operator:	19 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PX233
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1/2 mile west of RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Church Fenton, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Church Fenton, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire

Narrative:
Hornet F.1 PX233, 19 Squadron RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21-11-47 when crashed half-a-mile west of RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire.

The pilot was engaged in a combined instrument and asymmetric flying training sortie, and was returning to base (RAF Church Fenton) for an approach and practice overshoot. Having begun the overshoot, the pilot allowed the Hornet's airspeed to fall below the critical stalling speed, and the aircraft stalled and dived into the ground, killing the pilot (the sole person on board)

Crew:
P/O (59291) George TURNER (pilot, aged 26) RAF - killed on active service 21-11-47, buried at Northern Cemetery, Bulwell, Nottingham

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.370
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. Nottingham Journal of November 22nd 1947
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH103%20prodn%20list.txt
6. ORB 19 Sqn RAF for 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2402:
7. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505040
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2703345/george-turner/
9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124650937/george-turner
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._19_Squadron_RAF#Cold_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Jun-2018 06:17	Nepa	Added
15-Jun-2018 07:56	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
06-May-2023 19:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]]