04
April 1944
R.C.A.F.
Funtingten, Essex, England
No
flying this morning, but formation recce's carried out this
afternoon. We had another very regrettable accident this
afternoon, when F/O Andy Clarke's aircraft overturned on
landing. He was flying Typhoon "M" in formation with
F/O Ivan Smith. Andy was coming into land behind Ivan, when his
wings began to drop, apparently stalling & hit the end of
the wire runway, went up on his nose and over on his back.
There
was a very strong wind, & it appeared that Andy was in
Ivan's slip stream. The ambulance was on the job in a hurry, but
F/S Sweeny was there first, cut out the door & pulled Andy
out. He was immediately taken to the Royal West Sussex Hospital
at Chichester. He's in very bad shape, and it is believed that
his neck is broken. The aircraft is a complete write-off.
F/L
Dadson left in Typhoon "J" for a 3 weeks Flight Leader
course at R.A.F. Milfield.
Tiger
Squadron