Date:	Friday 7 July 1933
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth
Owner/operator:	Irish Aero Club
Registration:	EI-AAI
MSN:	1860
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Ballycummin, County Limerick -   Ireland
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:	Ballycummin, County Limerick, Eire
Destination airport:	Ballycummin, County Limerick, Eire

Narrative:
c/no. 1860: DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I] registered G-ABOW [C of R 3350] 11.8.31 to Brian Lewis & C.D. Barnard Ltd, Heston. C of A 3159 issued 12.8.31. Registration cancelled as sold 18.8.31. Re-registered in Ireland as EI-AAI 24.8.31 to Irish Aero Club.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7.7.33: While taking part to the National Aviation Day at Ballycummin, County Limerick, Eire, the aircraft was completing a demonstration flight around the airport when it collided with a DeHavilland DH.83 Fox Moth registered G-ABWF with one pilot on board. The Fox Moth lost its undercarriage but landed safely and was later repaired. The Gipsy Moth went out of control and dove into the ground. Both occupants were killed:

William Robert Elliot (pilot, and Chief Flying Instructor of the Irish Aero Club) killed 7.7.1933
William Ower (passenger, aged 25) killed 7.7.1933

As per one published source (see link #7):

"7 July – On this day 7 July 1933, Sir Alan Cobham's Flying Circus visits Limerick, giving displays at Ballycummin. During the show there was a mid-air crash".

Geoffrey Tyson (pilot of Fox Moth G-ABWF) was unhurt. Registration DH.60 Moth EI-AAI cancelled 7.7.33.

1. 70 Years of the Irish Civil Aircraft Register
by P J Hornfeck
BN Historians 1999
2. Limerick Chronicle 8 July 1933 (Report of Accident): http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/07%2008%201933%20elliott,%20ower.pdf
3. Limerick Chronicle 11 July 1933 (Report of Funeral of William Robert Elliot): http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/07%2011%201933%20elliott%20&%20ower%20frthr%20rpt.pdf
4. Limerick Chronicle 11 July 1933 (Report of Funeral of William Ower):
http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/07%2011%201933%20ower%20fnl.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_EI-.html
6. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABOW.pdf
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-limerick-2-killed
8. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
9. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
10. https://limerickslife.com/on-this-day-july-in-limerick-history/
11. As G-ABOW: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ab/g-ab-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFib3ciXQ==

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Mar-2010 03:49	John Baker	Added
09-Jan-2014 19:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Aug-2017 16:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
20-May-2018 19:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
30-Jun-2020 16:34	Sergey L.	Updated [Source]
13-Nov-2023 17:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]