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Crash of a De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide in the Glendun Mountains: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1953
Operator:
Registration:
NF861
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Stretton – Eglinton
MSN:
6732
YOM:
1944
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
In flight, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located in the Glendun Mountain Range, Antrim. While the pilot Lt A. G. Cronin was injured, the radio operator H. Charlesworth was killed.