Date:	Thursday 4 November 1948
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.103 Hornet F Mk 1
Owner/operator:	41 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PX244
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Over Burrows, Ashbourne, 6 miles NW of Derby, Derbyshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Church Fenton, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Hornet F1 PX244, 41 Squadron, RAF Church Fenton, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4-11-1948 when crashed near Over Burrows, Ashbourne, 6 miles North West of Derby, Derbyshire.

At 8,000 feet, both engines failed, and the pilot attempted to make a forced landing, but the starboard wing struck a tree. The cause of the engine failures was possibly the accumulation of ice on the engine intakes; however, the inadvertent closing of the ignition switches may also have been the cause. The pilot of Hornet PX244 was been previously involved in another accident while flying a DH Hornet a few months before. The pilot survived with minor injuries.

NOTE: Some published sources give the crash location as "Kenilworth, Warwickshire" some 56 miles to the south.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.445
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH103%20prodn%20list.txt
5. ORB 41 Sqn RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._41_Squadron_RAF#Post_War,_1946%E2%80%932006
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashbourne,_Derbyshire

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