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Date: | Tuesday 18 January 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
Owner/operator: | 62 GCF RAF |
Registration: | NF857 |
MSN: | 6728 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 mile North of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Colerne, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:c/no. 6728: Taken on charge as NF857 at 18 MU 30.4.44. Reportedly damaged on delivery to Royal Navy 31.10.45 and remained in storage. To 62 Group Communications Flight, RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 22.4.48.
Written off when crashed into high ground 1 mile North of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire 18.1.49; the aircraft was returning to base (RAF Colerne) in conditions of poor weather and limited visibility. The pilot failed to adhere to the pre-briefed instructions as to how to proceed when flying in such conditions, and also failed to maintain an adequate altitude above ground level (agl) while flying on instruments. The pilot was killed.
Crew of Dominie NF857:
Flight Lieutenant Yosef Horek, RAF (pilot aged 33, Polish National) - killed on active service 18.1.49: buried at Whitworth Road Cemetery, Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Struck off charge 19.1.49 and wreckage retrieved by (and to) 49 MU RAF Colerne for scrapping.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.464
3.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf 4.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide-chipping-sodbury-1-killed 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p067.html 6.
http://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf 7.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138043758/josef-horak 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipping_Sodbury Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-May-2012 14:36 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
13-Aug-2012 02:20 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
21-Feb-2019 14:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
12-Mar-2019 21:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |