Monument record 3071/0/1 - WWII Aircraft Crash Site (BB792)

Aircraft BB792 was a De Havilland Tiger Moth British trainer, one of 123 such aircraft impressed from civillian use by the Royal Air Force between September 1940 and January 1941. The previous civillian registration was G-ABUL. The aircraft was with 6 squadron Elementary Flying Training School. It crashed whilst low flying, killing the crew and a cyclist, at Wollaston, on 23rd of June 1944.

{1} BB792 hit a cyclist whilst low flying, Wollaston, Northants, 23.6.1944.

{3} BB792 was in the charge of a flying instructor, when it crashed in a low flying incident at Wollaston. The crew had tried to "beat up" (i.e. fly low over) and intimidate or impress some land girls. The plane stalled, and hit a cyclist, killing both crew and the cyclist.

{3} This area was assessed as part of the Bedford Borough NMP aerial survey project. No features as described above were visible on any of the available aerial photographs

{4,5} Neither the geophysical survey nor the trial trench excavation identified any evidence for the crash site.

<1> Halley J.J., 1985, Royal Air Force Aircraft BA100-BZ999, p. 18 (Book). SNN108418.

<2> Mackenzie, C., 2002, Local Aviation Research; Aircraft crashes around Turvey 1939-1945 (Website). SNN111542.

<3> 2018-2019, RCHME/EH/HE Aerial Photographers comment, Bedford Borough NMP project, Crowther, S. (Note). SNN111578.

<4> Sykes, C, 2020, Hookham's Path, Wollaston, Northamptonshire: Geophysical Survey (Report). SNN112229.

<5> Preece, T, 2020, Archaeological trial trench evaluation on land east of Hookham's Path, Wollaston, Northamptonshire, May 2020 (Report). SNN112827.

Record last edited

Feb 5 2025 6:07PM