ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302763
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| Date: | Monday 27 January 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles Master Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 54 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | N7566 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dunkeswick, Harewood Bridge, S of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire |
Master N7566 was built to contract 779602/38 by Phillips & Powis Ltd. at Woodley and was awaiting collection in October 1939 and after a short period of MU storage it was taken on charge on 30th December 1939 by the newly formed 242 Squadron at Church Fenton. The aircraft was used for familiarization flights by 242 Squadron. In March 1940 it was transferred to 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron at Leconfield for the same purpose. 616 Squadron left Leconfield on 4th June 1940 for service in France and N5766 was transferred to Leconfield's Station Flight where it remained until being taken on charge by the newly formed 54 OTU at Church Fenton on 25th November 1940 and it was flown to them
On 27th January 1941 this 54 O.T.U. aircraft crashed while the pilot was attempting to force land the aircraft in a field near Harewood Bridge after he became lost and ran out of fuel. On touching down on land near Dunkeswick, the wheels sunk and the aircraft overturned.
Dunkeswick is a hamlet in Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, just north of the River Wharfe, off the A61, around a kilometre north of Harewood and two kilometres south of Kirkby Overblow
Crew:
Sgt (970365) Richard Allison COUSENS (pilot) RAFVR survived but was injured.
NOTE that the official file at the National Archives at Kew (File AIR 81/4943 - see link #1) lists Master N7566 as being on the strength of the RAF Church Fenton Station Flight.
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/4943: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16689041
2. https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york41/n7566.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_Northern_England.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkeswick
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