Photo: B. Chandler
D.C. Byrne
Pilot
Royal Air Force
17th September 1947
Acknowledgments to S.C. Knox.
Simon Glancey has provided the following:
Desmond Cody Byrne was a crew member of Mosquito T.3 VT587 which crashed while carrying out a slow roll during practice for a Battle Of Britain Display. The aircraft stalled and crashed near the base.
Both Pilot and passenger F/Off. C. Johnson MB BS were killed.
(Source: Northumberland Aviation Diary, Walton, page 160)
Northumberland Aviation Diary: Aviation Incidents from 1790-1999 ; Derek Walton; Norav Publications; 1999; ISBN 0 9536189 0 0
