ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22262
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| Date: | Monday 24 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Blackburn B.2 series 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | G-ACLC |
| MSN: | 5290/1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | River Humber off Brough, East Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brough, East Yorkshire (EGNB) |
First registered (C of R 4476) on 24.10.33 as G-ACLC to Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Co., Brough, East Yorkshire. C of A 4167 issued early in 1934. Re-registered to North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd., still based at Brough. Re-registered to Flying Training Ltd., Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex. Re-registered (C of R 7498) on 1.12.36 to Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., Brough, East Yorkshire.
At the outbreak of WWII, the Hanworth-based B.2s were moved north to join the Brough Reserve School, which became No.4 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (4 ERFTS, later 4 EFTS). There, instruction on the Blackburns – now painted in trainer yellow and camouflage – continued until 1942, although they continued to wear their previous civilian registrations (no military serials appear to have been allocated).
However, G-ACLC was written off on 24.6.1940: The aircraft was in a mid-air collision with Blackburn B.2 G-ADFS and then crashed into the River Humber off Brough, East Yorkshire. Both crew of G-ACLC parachuted to safety, but the pilot of G-ADFS was killed.
It is believed that the fatality involved in this collision (the pilot of Blackburn B.2 G-ADFS) was Sergeant (Pilot) Walter Henderson, RAFVR 748484, age unknown, who ws "killed in action" on 24.6.40, and is interred in Horden (Thorpe Road) Cemetery, UK. Death registered at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire (presumably this is where his body was recovered to)
Registration G-ACLC cancelled 9.8.40 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACLC.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ac
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Jun40.html
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/unit_unknown.html#2406
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?550-400624-Unaccounted-airman-24-6-1940
7. Flight Magazine 25.7.40 page 75 at http://www.skynet.ie/~dan/war/flightsa/Flight_AS1940-2.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2008 08:52 | Anon. | Added |
| 17-Mar-2013 20:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2014 20:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 30-Oct-2017 17:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2017 19:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2017 19:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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