Zone
Fife

Crash of a De Havilland DH.86 Express near RAF Donibristle: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1943 at 1521 LT
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.86 Express
Operator:
Registration:
AX844
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
2322
YOM:
1934
Location:
Donibristle AFB
Fife
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
In unknown circumstances, the four-engine aircraft crashed in a field near the RAF Donibristle. A passenger was seriously injured while seven other occupants were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth at RAF Donibristle

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Registration:
W9368
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
1600
YOM:
1930
Location:
Donibristle AFB
Fife
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane crashed upon takeoff from RAF Donibristle for unknown reasons. The pilot escaped uninjured.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89 Dominie near Cowie: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 1900 LT
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide
Operator:
Registration:
R9563
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Hatston - Donibristle
MSN:
6491
YOM:
1940
Location:
Cowie
Stirlingshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed Hatston to transfer personnel in Donibristle, north of Edinburgh. En route, the crew encountered poor visibility due to rain falls when the airplane impacted the slope of a hill in Kempstone Hill, near Cowie. All six occupants were killed.
Crew (782nd Squadron):
P/O Walter C. Jones, pilot,
F/O Margaret Ethne Jean Dobson, copilot and navigator.
Passengers:
Lt Frederick Penrose Tennyson,
F/Lt J. L. Day,
Mr. Charles William Young, employee of Vickers Armstrong,
Mr. T. McCabe.
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