Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth in Chichester: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 23, 1931
Operator:
Registration:
K1838
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tangmere – Uxbridge
MSN:
1588
YOM:
1930
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from RAF Tangmere, outbound for RAF Uxbridge, the airplane collided with an RAF Armstrong Whitworth Siskin registered J8893. While the pilot of the Siskin was able to land, the Moth entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the Seahurst Park near Chichester. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
AVM Felton Vesey Holt,
F/Lt Henry Michael Moody.
Crew:
AVM Felton Vesey Holt,
F/Lt Henry Michael Moody.
