Name of civilian Spitfire pilot killed 23.07.42?

Whoops …looks like the Test Flying Memorial site have the wrong a/c ID.
Just cross checked a couple of sites and it looks like it probably was W3958 at Cumnor.

The test flying memorial site has…
Spitfire V AA874 23/7/42
Take off from Cowley…crashed at Cumnor
R H Carew 1 CRU TP killed
A/C entered cloud and crashed shortly afterwards

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&ved=0CBEQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.testflyingmemorial.com%2F1940-45.htm&rct=j&q=spitfire+crash+at+cowley&ei=jvl2S-_QJIa80gTQ7-irCQ&usg=AFQjCNHE1ZiM0X1rSi-IgQ2po6ADC9eJnw

There was an airfield at Cowley next door to the factory as it was then,cannot find a photo tonight,but hopefully some kind soul will !!

I’d be a little suspicious of Cowley as a take-off point as well, as I don’t know of any aerodrome there – unless anyone knows better? After all, there were a lot of Tiger Moth’s built there.

Adrian

Hi Bazv,

Many thanks for that link, thought the serial number was dodgy as I also have W3958!

Kind regards

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com

From a kind member of Airfield Information Exchange (AIX)

The roof of the factory building top right still survives to this day and visible on GE

Well, well. Consider me educated – I’ve driven across it on the Oxford ring piece – sorry, road – often enough!

Thanks for that, baz!

Adrian

Well, well. Consider me educated – I’ve driven across it on the Oxford ring piece – sorry, road – often enough!

Thanks for that, baz!

Adrian

Pleasure Adrian…don’t do too much ‘rubbernecking’ next time you drive past the old Pressed Steel Plant LOL 😀

rgds baz

Also a nice Cowley photo,again thanks to a kind member of AIX,Hurricanes parked at 50MU/1CRU Cowley…I believe copyright is Bruce Robertson Collection.

Pathe news reel ”the last spitfire” out of Cowley 1945,orig posted by JDK in a thread about 1 CRU a few years ago.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=13368

old thread about CRU

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=78582&highlight=maintenance+units