Northern Daily Mail (later the Hartlepool Mail) of May 1st 1937 Three Harrow aircraft were flying in a 'V' formation. The pilot of K3645 witnessed a crash between two of the aircraft.
'The plane flown by Flying Officer McCarthy (K6945) appeared to get out of position in the formation when turning and came up over the top of Pilot Officer Warner's machine (K6950). I banked to the right. When I saw McCarthy's machine again it was standing on its tail in the air. Then it dived towards the earth with its engines full on and burst into flames. Pilot Officer Warner's aircraft fell into the river Wissey after its tail fell off.'
A dredger from the Great Ouse Catchment was used to recover the wreck of K6950 from the river. The incident was also reported in the Daily Express and the Daily Herald on the 30th. April 1937.
Crew of Harrow (model unknown) K3645 consisted of :
Source : Jock Whitehouse and Peter Garside (relative of AC1 Thomas Garside) and Simon Glancey (researcher)
Date record last updated : 24 August 2018
Harrow (model unknown) K6945
Northern Daily Mail (later the Hartlepool Mail) of May 1st 1937 Three Harrow aircraft were flying in a 'V' formation. The pilot of K3645 witnessed a crash between two of the aircraft.
'The plane flown by Flying Officer McCarthy (K6945) appeared to get out of position in the formation when turning and came up over the top of Pilot Officer Warner's machine (K6950). I banked to the right. When I saw McCarthy's machine again it was standing on its tail in the air. Then it dived towards the earth with its engines full on and burst into flames. Pilot Officer Warner's aircraft fell into the river Wissey after its tail fell off.'
A dredger from the Great Ouse Catchment was used to recover the wreck of K6950 from the river. The incident was also reported in the Daily Express and the Daily Herald on the 30th. April 1937.
Date of loss : 29 April 1937
Crew of Harrow (model unknown) K6945 consisted of :
Source : Jock Whitehouse and Peter Garside (relative of AC1 Thomas Garside) and Simon Glancey (researcher)
Date record last updated : 24 August 2018
Harrow (model unknown) K6950
Northern Daily Mail (later the Hartlepool Mail) of May 1st 1937 Three Harrow aircraft were flying in a 'V' formation. The pilot of K3645 witnessed a crash between two of the aircraft.
'The plane flown by Flying Officer McCarthy (K6945) appeared to get out of position in the formation when turning and came up over the top of Pilot Officer Warner's machine (K6950). I banked to the right. When I saw McCarthy's machine again it was standing on its tail in the air. Then it dived towards the earth with its engines full on and burst into flames. Pilot Officer Warner's aircraft fell into the river Wissey after its tail fell off.'
A dredger from the Great Ouse Catchment was used to recover the wreck of K6950 from the river. The incident was also reported in the Daily Express and the Daily Herald on the 30th. April 1937.
Date of loss : 29 April 1937
Crew of Harrow (model unknown) K6950 consisted of :
Source : Jock Whitehouse and Peter Garside (relative of AC1 Thomas Garside) and Simon Glancey (researcher)
Date record last updated : 24 August 2018
Harrow K6989 UX-K
NOTE: Pat Cunningham is researching K6989 and reports the following. 214's Handley Page Harrow K6989 which was delivered to 214 Squadron on 16 Sep 1937. Initially coded 214-K, it was later changed to UX-K. It apparently became lost on 08/07/1939, 'a foggy day', and forced-landed in a field at Barlow, just west of Sheffield, apparently damaging only its tailplane. The machine, (or major components of it), was recovered by 9 MU on 11 Jul 39 and it was struck off charge on 30 Nov 1939 as being beyond economical repair: although much was broken up by locals at the crash site. The F1180 (crash report) for this aircraft has been lost.
Source and Research : Pat Cunningham
Source and Copyright : Wilf Needham and Author Roger Redfern "Dronfield Round About" 1988.
For more information visit the wonderfull memorial and website dedicated to the air crashes near the village of Barlow established by Nick Wheat (Holmesfield) and friends at:
http://www.millthorpeaircrash.org.uk
All information, pictures and articles on this site, unless otherwise indicated, are the property and copyright of the families of the No. 214 Squadron collectively or of an individual member.
The use of any materials from this site for any commercial purpose whatsoever is strictly forbidden.
Harrow (model unknown) K3645
