ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206198
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| Date: | Monday 30 November 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 6 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | AX785 |
| MSN: | 3794 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woodbury Farm, Tetworth, Everton, Bedfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sywell Airfield, Northamptonshire (ORM/EGBK) |
3794 (Gipsy Major #81492) Regd G-AFMD [CofR 8891] 6.12.38 to The Merseyside Aero & Sports Co Ltd, t/a Liverpool & District Aero Club, Speke. CofA 6455 issued 6.12.38. CofA lapsed 5.12.39. Regn cld 22.7.40 as sold.
Impressed as AX785 28.7.40 & toc at 15 MU Wroughton 5.8.40. To RAF Wattisham 6.5.41. Major inspection; to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 14.10.41; to 10 MU Hullavington 23.11.41. To 6 EFTS Sywell 12.3.42.
Spun in from 300 ft during low aerobatics & crashed Woodbury Farm, Tetworth, Everton, Bedfordshire 30.11.42; pilot killed, other crew member survived with injuries.
Crew of Tiger Moth AX786:
Sgt (1385168) Andrew Christie (Instructor Pilot) RAFVR - killed on active service 30.11.42.
LAC W F Hill (Pupil Pilot u/t) RAFVR - survived injured
The reported crash location of Everton is a small rural village of about 200 dwellings (including outlying) and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England about 9 miles (14 km) east of the county town of Bedford. Everton is 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Sandy, 16 miles (26 km) west of Cambridge and 43.5 miles (70 km) north of Central London. The location is sometimes known by the co-joined name of "Everton-cum-Tetworth", and straddles the Bedfordshire/Cambridgeshire border
Sources:
1. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFMD.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p037.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7301-421130-Unaccounted-airmen-30-11-1942&highlight=CROSSLEY&p=41898#post41898
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2949780/ANDREW%20CHRISTIE/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everton,_Bedfordshire
Media:
Had a walk near the old Tempsford airbase today and visited this lovely little plot of @cwgc graves. One of those men buried here is a bit of a mystery; Sgt (Pilot) Andrew Christie. He died on 30th Nov 1942. Cant find anything else about him. Can any #WW2 history types help? pic.twitter.com/pnFGj6VP5M
— Dan Hill (@DanHillHistory) May 14, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2018 14:47 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Oct-2018 21:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Aug-2021 03:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 16-Aug-2021 11:48 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Embed code, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Aug-2021 20:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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