Date:	Wednesday 8 April 1931
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:	National Flying Services Ltd
Registration:	G-EBSA
MSN:	414
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Hooperton Cross, 2 miles west of Cheriton Bishop, Devon -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex
Destination airport:	Newquay, Cornwall

Narrative:
DH.60X Moth G-EBSA: Lost in bad weather en-route London to Newquay and wrecked in forced landing at Hooperton Cross, near Crockernwell, Devon 8.4.31. Both persons on board - Philip Frederick Macefield Pedley and Gerald Debenham (pilot and passenger respectively) - survived but injured. Registration cancelled 31.10.31 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"

Hooperton Cross is a locality in Drewsteignton, West Devon District, England. Hooperton Cross is situated nearby to the village Crockernwell and the hamlet of Preston, 2 miles west of Cheriton Bishop and 12 miles west of Exeter, Devon, England.

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4. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBSA.pdf
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13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crockernwell

c/no 414: DH.60X [Cirrus II] Moth, registered G-EBSA [C of R 1407] 28.6.27 to Major Gerald C Maxwell of Chrysler Motors UK (but not delivered). C of A 1149 issued 29.6.27. Delivered 30.6.27 and re registered [C of R 1430] 21.7.27 to H.G.B. [Geoffrey] and Arthur J [Jack] Linnell, Willbye House, Wellingborough (later Sywell, w.e.f. 9.28).

Re-registered [C of R 2017] 3.6.29 to Miss Eleanor Isabella \'Susan\' Slade, Stokenchurch [aircraft based at Heston]. Re-registered [C of R 2634] 26.5.30 to Cinque Ports Flying Club Ltd, Lympne. Sold 23.1.31 (but not re registered) to National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth in part exchange for DH.60G G-EBTD.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
25-Dec-2013 05:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
28-Aug-2017 19:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source]
28-Aug-2017 19:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type]
19-Apr-2018 15:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source]
28-Nov-2023 14:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category]
29-Mar-2024 08:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]