Date & Time:
Dec 14, 1940
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.84 Dragon
Registration:
AW173
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
6110
YOM:
1936
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in an open field located in Fosse Bury Farm, near Pillerton Hersey. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Tadeusz Walczak, pilot,
Sgt Tamaz Tubis.
Crew:
P/O Tadeusz Walczak, pilot,
Sgt Tamaz Tubis.