ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25005
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| Date: | Friday 19 July 1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | DH School of Flying Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EBZS |
| MSN: | 684 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Radlett, near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 684: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II] registered G-EBZS [C of R 1691] 23.7.28 to The DeHavilland Aircraft Co Ltd and operated by DH School of Flying, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex. C of A 1526 issued 28.7.28.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Radlett near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire 19.7.29; Pilot, RAF Pilot Officer Walter Patrick Dillon Bennett (RAFO, aged 21) killed. Some published sources attribute the cause of the crash as "spun into the ground after failing to recover from a loop". His obituary was published in The Aeronautical Journal by the Royal Aeronautical Society:
"Pilot Officer Walter Patrick Dillon Bennett
Pilot Officer W. P. D. Bennett, who became a Student Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society in February, 1929, died as the result of an accident near Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, in a D.H.60. Pilot Officer Bennett was on the Reserve of Air Force Officers and at the time of the accident he was the sole occupant of the machine".
Registration cancelled 31.1.30 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft".
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EBZS.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E4.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-radlett-1-killed
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVienMiXQ==
5. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p006.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17392-RAF-fatalities-1929&styleid=3
8. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/aeronautical-journal/article/pilot-officer-walter-patrick-dillon-bennett/22E3D9A883B52EE5EF40A8E2A51AFC9A
9. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radlett_Aerodrome
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Oct-2013 00:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2014 22:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2017 22:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2018 19:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2018 19:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 18-Dec-2023 08:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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