What the records say
- When
- 6 Sep 1952
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 51.28° N, 0.78° W
- Description
- jet fighter crash in England
- Deaths
- 31
- Injured
- 60
Farnborough Airshow crash
Jet fighter crash in England
On 6 September 1952, a prototype de Havilland DH.110 jet fighter crashed during an aerial display at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England. The jet disintegrated mid-air during an aerobatic manoeuvre, killing pilot John Derry and onboard flight test observer Anthony Richards. Debris fell onto a crowd of spectators, killing 29 and injuring 60.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash: 31 people are killed when a supersonic jet aeroplane breaks up over the crowd at the Farnborough Airshow”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “катастрофа на авиашоу в Фарнборо, погибли 2 пилота и 29 зрителей на земле”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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