ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211257
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| Date: | Saturday 5 August 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Vickers 193 Vespa Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | Irish Air Corps |
| Registration: | V.6 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Phoenix Park, Dublin -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Baldonnel Aerodrome, Dublin, Eire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Vickers Vespa V.6, Irish Air Corps: Written off (destroyed) 5/8/33 when spun into the ground during air display, Phoenix Park, Dublin. Both crew killed:
Captain Oscar Aloysius Patrick Heron (pilot, aged 36) killed
Private Robert Tobin (air gunner, aged 21) died 6/8/33 (next day) of injuries sustained
According to the Wikipedia entry into the death of Captain Oscar Heron:
"Heron was killed on 5 August 1933 while taking part in a mock aerial combat over Phoenix Park, Dublin, for Irish Aviation Day. Three days before, during practice flights, two Avro Cadet aircraft collided, killing Lieutenant J. P. Twohig. Heron acted a pall-bearer at Twohig's funeral on the morning of the event.
In the display, Heron flew a Vickers Vespa, fighting off an attack by three Avro Cadets. At the end he made a low pass over the park, in front of a large crowd, including his wife, but spun into the ground from a height of about five hundred feet (150 metres). Heron and his air gunner were pulled from the wreckage, but he died almost immediately, while the air-gunner, Private Richard Tobin, died the following day. Heron was buried with full military honours at Glasnevin Cemetery on 8 August."
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Heron#Death
3. https://www.glasnevintrust.ie/site-files/images/visit-glasnevin/news/Irish-Press-1931-1995-7-August-1933.pdf
4. https://www.glasnevintrust.ie/visit-glasnevin/news/glasnevin-cemetery-film-o/glasnevins-ace-captain-os/
5. Flight, August 10, 1933 page 806 at https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1933/1933%20-%200314.html
6. https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2016/309/150981819_1478380954.jpg
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Vespa
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2018 19:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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