Worthy Down Aircraft Accident 1944

[Helen49]

I am attempting to find information about an accident to an aircraft believed to have been based at the above airfield. The accident may have happened at or in the vicinity of Worthy Down and occured on 7th July 1944. Fatalities included two naval airmen and a member of the WRNS [my relative]. Any pointers to further information will be appreciated.
H49

[Brewster Buffalo]

Hampshire Aircraft Crashes and Accidents. (http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/hancrash.html)

Have you tried the above?

[Helen49]

Thank you. A good starting place.
H49

[Lee Howard]

Percival Proctor IA P6019 of 755 NAS Worthy Down crashed 11 miles South of Overton, Hampshire, after the starboard wing failed in flight 7 July 1944. Sub Lieutenant G Pickles and Wren J Coultas both killed.

Hope that helps.

Lee

[Icare9]

What a great link, Brewster!! (little body, big "engine" huh?)
What a fascinating amount of history and information, back to the very earliest flights!
Has anything similar been done for other counties?

[ICT_SLB]

Don't know if there's now an associated website but "Wings Over Dorset" - Aviation's story in the South by Leslie Dawson (ISBN 0948699 10 8) Dorset Publishing Company, 1983, does a similar job starting in 1881.

This side of the pond, "Borne on the South Wind", a Century of Kansas Aviation, by Frank Joseph Rowe & Craig Miner, (ISBN 1-880652-33-1), Wichita Eagle & Beacon Publishing Company, 1994 also covers the "Air Capital" and its surrounding state. It covers everything from the first attempt at a working helicopter (Purvis-Wilson, Goodland Aviation Co. 1909) through the over quarter of a million aircraft built in the state to 1993.

Sadly I beleive both are out of print but copies are stilll available over the web.

The British Aircraft Industry is alive & well and living in Wichita, KS.

[Brewster Buffalo]

What strikes you about this lists is the huge number of non-combat accidents and crashes. Probably about one a day.

IIRC the RFC/RAF had more pilots killed in training than in combat...:(