ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276211
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 September 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 'F' Flt 1 AACU RAF |
| Registration: | N5454 |
| MSN: | 3717 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off Grange-over-Sands, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3717 (Gipsy Major #80689); Taken on charge as N5454 at 27 MU RAF Shawbury, Shropshire 6.10.38. To 20 E&RFTS Gravesend, Kent 9.12.38. To 14 EFTS RAF Elmdon, Birmingham 15.10.39 coded “54”. Crashed near Lichfield, Staffordshire 18.6.40; to DeHavilland for repairs 27.6.40. Upon completion of repairs, to 48 MU RAF Hawarden, Cheshire 10.10.40. To 13 Squadron, RAF Hooton Park, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire 8.1.41. To 5 FTS 24.4.41 [unconfirmed - if so was to 5 SFTS RAF Ternhill, Shropshire]. To "F" Flight, 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (1 AACU) Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire 12.6.41.
Written off when crashed into the the sea whilst low flying off Grange-over-Sands, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire 17.9.41. Both crew - Pilot Officer John Edwards MILLNS RAF VR (Service Number 66601, aged 26) and Flight Lieutenant Dudley Conway CARLETON (Service Number 70846, aged 28) - killed. Flt Lt Conway was "on loan" from 217 Squadron RAF at the time of this incident.
Struck off charge 30.9.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/9131: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16924973
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2703191/john-edwards-millns/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2412635/dudley-conway-carleton/
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p037.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N5454
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p037.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grange-over-Sands
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2022 17:13 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Mar-2022 18:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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