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Date Posted: 17/11/05 23:06:03
Author: Gordon Heasman
Subject: Re: Handley Page Hastings Aircraft
In reply to: John 'Gary' Cooper 's message, "Handley Page Hastings Aircraft" on 9/02/03 20:50:27

I arrived at RAF Fayid (Canal Zone) in Jan 1953 just in time to see the funeral line-up of several Service menbers after the crash of a HP Hastings post-airtest(?). I understand that personnel consisted of RAF and 16th Independent Para Brigade. Any info on a/c number (TG6xx?) and incident?

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[> [> Re: Handley Page Hastings Aircraft -- John Cooper, 18/11/05 8:31:34

Hi Gordon

Details taken from my main website:

Ken Gibbs was a Flight Engineer on an Avro Lincoln bomber aircraft flying around the Canal Zone, Egypt on the morning that Hastings TG602 crashed on 12/01/1953. 'We had passed TG602 several times as we were flying West of Shallufa to take photographs of an aircraft that had crashed, debris was spread over a wide area but unfortunately our photographer had failed to remove the cover on the camera lens.'

'Witnesses on the ground stated that they had seen the aircraft doing a tight turn and then parts of the aircraft started to fall off and it crashed into the ground at an angle of approx. 45 degrees. On the previous day we had visited the NAAFI Club at Ismailia with some older regular aircrew friends, we met the Hastings crew who were known to the older Lincoln crew members, the crew with a second crew and some passengers were on the Hastings that crashed'.

Sadly nine died in this accident, thought to be caused by elevator failure.

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[> [> Re: Handley Page Hastings Aircraft -- Barry Dawson, 14/02/11 15:24:09

Dear Gordon,
I worked in Air Traffic at Fayid and had arranged to go on air test in TG 602 but just before boarding I was called to the Tower and missed the flight - I now believe in Guardian Angels. I believe the elevator bolts sheered on both sides. I was in the Tower when we heard the Pilot call "Mayday" but unfortunately, there was nothing anyone could do

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[> [> [> Re: Handley Page Hastings Aircraft -- Caroline, 2/11/11 21:19:04

Hi Gordon
I have recently started researching into the Hastings crash 12 January 1953. My grandfather Harry Richard Wade was the Pilot officer on this flight.. Any information would be greatly received..

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