HI Chris,
I came across this older thread and wondered how you got on with this air crash investigation. You see I am writing a story about Gordon BLACK as he was both a childhood friend of my fathers and we have just uncovered a wonderful letter he wrote home from his flight training in Ontario the year he died. In it he talks about the difficulty of flying and landing in snow and we just wonder whether perhaps that was the reason for the crash, but none of us are sure. We also have another reason to write about him as one of his bothers descendants has married into our family so it is a wonderful time to share his story. If you can help in any way with enlightening us on how he was registered as based on HMS Daedalus but was flying up north and then there is the mention of the RAF base at Usworth. What we would love to know if what he was doing up there near the Pennines. We’re not military or flying buffs though so most of this existing string is a bit lost on me.
Any help you can provide would be so gratefully received by his family on both sides of the Tasmin.
cheers
Claire Callaghan