Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth in Horne: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 8, 1939
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAVR
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Redhill - Redhill
MSN:
1482
YOM:
1930
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Redhill on a local training flight, carrying one instructor and one student pilot. En route, the aircraft collided with a Royal Air Force Hawker Hart registered K5800. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Horne. Both pilots on board G-AAVR as well as the RAF pilot were killed.
