ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland DH.86A Express L7596 Kirby-in-Furness Moor
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Status:
Date:Saturday 29 July 1939
Type:de Havilland DH.86A Express
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: L7596
MSN: 2348
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Kirby-in-Furness Moor (   United Kingdom)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Force landed on Kirby-in-Furness Moor because of bad weather en route from London to Belfast. One of the passengers was U.K Secretary of State for Air, Sir Kingsley Wood. He was on his way to the Short and Harland aircraft factory in Belfast for an inspection along with other officials.

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