ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222860
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| Date: | Friday 28 November 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 10 AOS RAF |
| Registration: | X7402 |
| MSN: | 6562 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Calfclose Bay, Derwent Water, Cumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dumfries, Dumfries |
C/no. 6562: Taken on charge as X7402 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 4.9.41. (2 x Gipsy Queen III engines #70138/70140) To 10 AOS, (Air Observers' School) RAF Dumfries 13.9.41; coded ‘A8’.
Written off (destroyed) 28.11.41 when hit the water whilst low flying over Derwent Water, Cumberland, and crashed into Calfclose Bay. All six on board - pilot Sgt Cedric Gordon Allen Tabor, and 5 LAC trainees - were killed:
Pilot - Sgt Cedric Gordon Allen Tabor RAFVR (1051995), aged 22, of Bare, Morecambe, Lancashire. Buried Troqueer Cemetery, Dumfries, Scotland.
Observer (U/T) - LAC James Edward Barry Hards RAF (657558), aged 23. Buried Dumfries RC Cemetery, Scotland.
Observer (U/T) - LAC James Ward RAF (657968), aged 29. Buried Leeds Roman Catholic Cemetery, Yorkshire (Scn Wall BT/14).
Observer (U/T) - LAC Dennis James Laidman RAFVR (1318658), aged 21, of North Finchley, London. Buried St.Pancras Cemetery, London (6D/61).
Observer (U/T) - LAC Ronald Frederick George Griffin RAFVR (1338278), aged 19, of Swindon. Buried Swindon Burial Ground, Wiltshire.
Observer (U/T) - LAC Leonard Morris RAFVR (1501436), aged 19, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Buried Leeds (Hill Top) Jewish Cemetery, commemorated Leeds Gelderd Road English Hebrew Cemetery.
DH.89 X7402 was formally struck off charge 10.12.41 as Cat.E(FA).
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
3. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/lakes/x7402.html
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?4188&p=23227#23227
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2715362/tabor,-cedric-gordon-allen/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2715252/hards,-james-edward-barry/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2408950/ward,-james/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2432604/laidman,-dennis-james/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2710250/griffin,-ronald-frederick-george/
10. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2408567/morris,-leonard/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2019 22:04 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Mar-2019 22:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Mar-2019 08:45 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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