Signaller 23488229 Brian Drew. Royal Corps of Signals
Died 1957. Blackbushe Air Crash.
Signaller 23488229 Royal Signals
Died from the result of an aircraft accident 01 May 1957 aged 19 near Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire.
This memorial paviour is at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
The following is extracted from Wikipedia
The 1957 Blackbushe Viking accident occurred on 1 May 1957 when an Eagle Aviation twin-engined Vickers VC.1 Viking 1B registered G-AJBO named "John Benbow" crashed into trees near Blackbushe Airport, located in Hampshire, England, on approach following a suspected engine failure on take-off. All five crew and 29 of the 30 passengers were killed. The aircraft also carried the RAF serial number XF629 allotted to this aircraft for use during trooping flights only
The aircraft on charter to the War Office had five crew, 25 soldiers from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, one soldier's wife, two children and two war department civilian
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