Date & Time:
Apr 30, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
AW271
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ballykelly - Ballykelly
MSN:
9949
YOM:
1941
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local test flight at RAF Ballykelly. The goal of the mission was to test the parachute extraction system. While in a circuit in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a field. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Richard William Gilbert Holdsworth, pilot,
F/Lt Archibald Duncan Livingstone, pilot,
F/Sgt Stanley Frederick Chadwick, observer.
Crew:
F/Lt Richard William Gilbert Holdsworth, pilot,
F/Lt Archibald Duncan Livingstone, pilot,
F/Sgt Stanley Frederick Chadwick, observer.
Probable cause:
Loss of control after a parachute got entangled in the tail.
