ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24989
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 October 1930 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | National Flying Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EBPR |
| MSN: | 358 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boddington Hill, 2 miles East of Wendover, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 358: DH.60 [Cirrus II] Moth registered G-EBPR [C of R 1324] 1.12.26 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex. Displayed (April 1927) in showrooms of Motor Macs Ltd, Bournemouth. C of A 1139 issued 20.5.27. Operated by DH School of Flying.
Sold April 1929 and re-registered [C of R 1970] 6.5.29 to Brooklands School of Flying Ltd, Brooklands, as a replacement for G-EBMV. Sold June 1929 and re registered [C of R 2077] July 1929 to Allen C Pollock, Sherburn. Re-registered [C of R 2486] 1.4.30 to National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when lost control and spun into the ground: crashed at Boddington Hill, two miles east of Wendover, Buckinghamshire 22.10.30, killing both persons on board:
Pilot Officer Thomas Eustace Whittome (instructor pilot, aged 25) killed.
Arthur Raymond Ellis (pupil pilot, aged 30) killed
According to a contemporary local newspaper report (Bucks Free Press 23 October 1930 - see link #11)
"HALTON AIR CRASH
CIVILIAN AND PILOT OFFICER KILLED
A privately owned Gipsy Moth aeroplane with dual controls, carrying Pilot Officer T E Whittome, attached to the RAF Depot at Uxbridge, and piloted by Mr. A R Ellis, crashed near the Isolation Hospital at Royal Air Force Camp, Halton, Bucks at 4 o' clock on Wednesday afternoon. Both occupants were killed.
Mr. Ellis was found beneath the wreckage. Pilot Officer Whittome died shortly after admission to the Camp Hospital at Halton"
Registration cancelled 31.12.30 by the Air Ministry due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft".
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/12/C177: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576645
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBPR.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E3.html
4. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-halton-afb-1-killed
5. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVicHIiXQ==
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p003.html
7. http://www.n5490.org/Pilots/Bill%20Grace/Bill%20Grace.html
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
9. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17427-RAF-Fatalities-1930
10. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p003.html
11. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234589373/arthur-raymond-ellis
12. https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/arthur-r-ellis-24-r413nz
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendover_Woods
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendover
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Oct-2012 03:03 | gaznav | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2013 06:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2017 14:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2018 18:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2019 07:21 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Dec-2023 17:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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