ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24896
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 November 1944 |
| Time: | 15:50 |
| Type: | Avro York C 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 511 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MW126 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 miles east-southeast of Grenoble -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | RAF Northolt (EGWU) |
| RAF Kandy, Ceylon (KDW) |
Avro York MW126: Took off for a Passenger flight. 14/11/1944
Struck a ridge in the French Alps in cloud during a blizzard near Grenoble. Although the crash took place on 14/11/1944, the wreckage, which was found 2 km west of Rivier d'Allemont, but not until June 1945, some seven months later.
Crew: All killed
Cpl John Ellis Morton BURGESS (523400)
LAC John Chalmers BURNETT (967906)
F/Lt John Austral CASEY (403555)
Sgt Harold John CHANDLER (1618502)
F/Lt Peter CHINN (107984) 2.pilot
F/O Alfred John ENSER (169052) Flt Eng.
S/Ldr Charles Gordon Drake LANCASTER DFC & bar (75989) Pilot
F/Lt Keith Alan MOORING (126892) Navigator
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh LEIGH-MALLORY KCB DSO & bar (01189)
Lady Doris Jean LEIGH-MALLORY.
Sources:
1.Air Britain: RAF Aircraft MA100 - MZ999, published 1991
3.http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Leigh-Mallory.htm
4.http://www.panoramio.com/photo/36736617
5.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-May-2010 11:01 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2010 01:08 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-May-2010 04:48 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2010 12:37 | angels one five | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2010 12:47 | angels one five | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2010 12:53 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2011 08:26 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2012 06:27 | Donlanc | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2012 13:26 | fritzelblitz | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2015 23:33 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2015 23:39 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2015 23:43 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2016 20:18 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2016 20:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2017 15:47 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2021 19:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 27-May-2021 19:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 04-May-2023 09:24 | Nepa | Updated [[Other fatalities]] |
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