ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228697
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Date: | Tuesday 1 July 1941 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Miles Master Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 57 OTU RAF |
Registration: | N7833 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Upton Mill, Mill Lane, Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Hawarden, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales |
Destination airport: | RAF Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales |
Narrative:A Miles Master (N7833 of 57 OTU, RAF) flown by two RCAF pilots Sergeants H A Womack and J M Milmine from 57 OTU was low flying over Upton, Chester, on 1 July 1941 when it hit a tree and a house in Mill Lane adjoining the old Mill at Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire. Sgt Henry Womack was an American volunteer: He called Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America (USA) his home. Both pilots were killed. It is thought that the student pilot was showing off to a girlfriend who lived in the area.
Crew of Miles Master N7833:
P/O (J/4908) John Melvin Milmine (instr.pilot) RCAF - killed
Sgt (R/67722) Henry Archer (Harry) Womack (u/t pilot) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/7294:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16756591 2.
https://thejoesmoechester.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/aircraft-incidents-in-chester-during-wwii/ 3.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=n7833 4.
https://www.historyofuptonbychester.org.uk/umill.html 5. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2957700/john-melvin-milmine/ 6. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2957713/henry-archer-harry-womack/ 7.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_Wales_and_West_Midlands.pdf 8. Upton-by-Chester Parish Newsletter:
https://www.uptonbychester.org.uk/uploads/9/3/5/8/9358403/spring_2017.pdf 9.
https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/canadaairwar/canadaairwar1941.pdf 10.
https://www.uppa.org.uk/military.html 11.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2957700 12.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68024866/john-melvin-milmine 13.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68025373/henry-archer-womack 14.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16726786/henry-archer-womack 15.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2957713 16.
https://canadianfallen.ca/70380/WOMACK 17.
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1266&MemID=1669 18.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton-by-Chester#Landmarks Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Sep-2019 19:13 |
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