ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25111
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 May 1925 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: | Blackburn Kangaroo |
| Owner/operator: | North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EAIT |
| MSN: | BK/33/AS/746 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brough, East Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Brough, East Yorkshire (EGNB) |
| Brough, East Yorkshire (EGNB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF B9978. First registered (C of R 228) as G-EAIT on 1.8.19 to North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd., Brough, East Yorkshire.
Written off 5.5.25 when nose-dived into the ground shortly after take-off, Brough, East Yorkshire. Pilot - Flying Officer Hugh Crichton McDonald (RAFO, aged 26) killed. Reportedly, he "died of injuries sustained", which implies that he survived the crash, not being killed on impact, but succumbed to fatal injuries later.
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (May 14, 1925 page 297 - see link #3):
"R.A.F. Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following flying accidents:— As'a result of an accident at Brough, at 3 00 pm , on May 5, to a Blackburn Kangaroo machine, Flying Officer Hugh Crichton McDonald, Reserve of Air Force' Officers, the pilot of the aircraft, was killed"
Registration G-EAIT cancelled same day (5.5.1925) due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1925/archives/crash-of-a-blackburn-kangaroo-in-brough/]
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EAIT.pdf
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1925/1925%20-%200297.html?search=Blackburn%20Kangaroo
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E.html
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/81-register-gb-g-ea
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17305-RAF-fatalities-1925
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Dec-2013 23:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2018 21:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2018 22:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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