By: Mothminor - 15th May 2020 at 22:08
The Banbury in this case is Banbury Farm which is on Brown Clee.
According to afleetingpeace.org this was Walter Mason’s first accident having safely delivered 482 aircraft.
By: Fargo Boyle - 15th May 2020 at 20:27
On looking closer, the book says crashed Banbury, Shropshire… I suspect the mix-up was due to 5 FPP being based at Thame, near to Banbury in Oxfordshire – perhaps that was the departure point?
By: ian_ - 15th May 2020 at 10:10
If it is DN251 then the aircraft flew into Brown Clee in Shropshire. F/C Mason is commemorated on a memorial, along with many others, at the top of the hill. There is, or certainly was, a large piece of engine mount from this aircraft at the Warplanes Aircraft Recovery Group Museum at Slepe.
By: AEROHISTORIAN - 14th May 2020 at 10:42
Many thanks
By: Fargo Boyle - 14th May 2020 at 08:55
According to Thomas and Shore’s ‘Typhoon and Tempest Story’ none were lost on that date – the nearest non-squadron match is DN251 0f 5 Ferry Pilot Pool (ATA) which crashed in bad vis near Banbury, killing F/C W. Mason on Nov 21st, which would be the same day of the week.
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