ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276522
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| Date: | Friday 30 January 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 'M' Flt 1 AACU RAF |
| Registration: | N6719 |
| MSN: | 3992 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 800 yards North of Weybourne, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langham, Holt, Blakeney, Norfolk |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3992 (Gipsy Major #80920); Taken on charge as N6719 at 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 18.4.39. To 4 Coastal Patrol Flight, RAF Hooton Park, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire 4.12.39. To 45 MU RAF Kinloss 27.6.40. To 11 EFTS RAF Perth/Scone, Perthshire 13.12.40. To 7 EFTS RAF Desford, Leciestershire 15.4.41. Crashed 21.4.41 at Desford, Leicestershire; to Lundy & Atlantic Coast 25.4.41 for repairs. Upon completion of repairs, to "M" Flight, 1 AACU (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit), RAF Langham, Holt, Blakeney, Norfolk 4.6.41.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed into the North Sea, 800 yards North of Weybourne, Norfolk 30.1.42, while flying low over the sea and executing tight turns. The accident was considered to result from the direct disobedience of an order by the Pilot. Both crew posted as "missing believed killed".
Crew of Tiger Moth N6719:
Pilot Officer John Michael Joyce-Clarke, RAF VR (Service Number 66588) - killed in active service 30.1.42
Pilot Officer John Douglas Bias Rowlands RAAF (Service Number 403005, aged 23) - killed in active service 30.1.42
The body of P/O Joyce-Clarke was apparently never found nor ever recovered, hence he is commemeorated on the Runnymede Memorial. The body of P/O Rowlands was recovered on 26.4.42 and he was buried with full military honours on 1.5.42, at St.Mary's Churchyard, Great Bircham, Norfolk
Struck off charge 10.2.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/1860: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17082610
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1802432/john-michael-joyce-clarke/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2763692/john-douglas-bias-rowlands/
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p039.html
7. https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/rowlands-john-douglas-403005/
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=86029
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weybourne,_Norfolk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2022 00:36 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Mar-2022 11:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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