ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277597
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 March 1943 |
| Time: | 10:40 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire F Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 64 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EN132 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
On Wednesday 24th March 1943, Raimund Sanders Draper, an American pilot based at RAF Hornchurch,developed engine problems shortly after take-off from the airfield. He attempted to crash-land on the open-field located to the side of the secondary school, located nearby the airfield, but soon after realizing that he might hit the school, he took a heroic act and forced his aircraft down onto the school field. Unfortunately, this act cost Sanders his own life, but a good cost as no one in the school was killed. One boy named Dick Barton did suffer a shard of glass hitting his leg. Raimund Sanders Draper will forever be remebered for his heroic act of saving hundreds of lives over his own.
Crew:
F/O (107244) Raimund Sanders DRAPER (Pilot) RAFVR: killed
Sources:
Henk Weltings Global Losses Database
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2603118/Anger-school-named-heroic-Spitfire-pilot-sacrificed-save-hundreds-pupils-changes-name.html
https://www.sandersschool.org.uk/about-sanders-draper/sanders-draper-day-24th-march/history
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2022 18:26 | SPAGBOWL | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
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