ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342162
| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.86A Express |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | L7596 |
| MSN: | 2348 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kirby-in-Furness Moor -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
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.
Sources:
De Havilland full production list
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