Date:	Wednesday 22 October 1941
Time:	day
Type:	Miles Master Mk I
Owner/operator:	5 SFTS RAF
Registration:	N7485
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Gnosall, Staffordshire, the West Midlands region, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Ternhill, Shropshire, England
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Master N7485 of 5 FTS RAF Ternhill spun into the ground on 22 October 1941 and was destroyed. The pilot, a French pupil in No.64 Course, 5 Service Flying Training School, was killed in the crash.

2nd Lt Armand Paul Guy Bayard, also known as Maurice Delecray, (aged 20) is buried in Market Drayton.
R.I.P.

Gnosall is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England. It lies on the A518, approximately halfway between the towns of Newport and the county town of Staffordshire, Stafford.

1. National Archives (PRO Kew) Gile AIR 81/10072: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16998319
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/nwcrashes1938-1941.htm
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_Wales_and_West_Midlands.pdf
4. http://www.francaislibres.net/liste/fiche.php?index=53949
5. https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/client/mdh/militaires_decedes_seconde_guerre_mondiale/detail_fiche.php?ref=1642356
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosall

RAF Miles Master N7845: Photograph published in The Royal Air Force in Pictures including aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm prepared by Major Oliver Stewart, 1941. Page 15.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Feb-2013 17:50	angels one five	Added
25-Sep-2013 00:29	angels one five	Updated [Narrative]
06-Dec-2018 17:47	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]