Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth in Tilmanstone: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 21, 1939
Registration:
G-ABJZ
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bekesbourne - Bekesbourne
MSN:
1842
YOM:
1931
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
A student pilot and an instructor departed Bekesbourne Airfield on a training flight. En route, the airplane collided with a RAF Hawker Hind registered K5418 and carrying one pilot. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a pasture located in Tilmanstone, west of Deal. All three occupants were killed.
