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Peak District Air Accident Research

de Havilland Dragon Rapide G-ALBC, Crashed near the summit of Kinder Scout on the 30th December 1963 when the aircraft was caught by a down draught while flying from Middle St George (now Teeside airport) to Ringway.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - if applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
Dennis Holmes	Captain	Pilot	Injured
John McWhirter	N/A	Co-pilot	Injured

Image ©: The A.J. Jackson Collection, Brooklands Museum, http://www.ajjcollection.co.uk

Above is the sole remaining engine of the aircraft. It has been stripped clean of all the removable items.

A general photo of the wreckage as it appeared in the summer of 2000, since then the parts have moved slightly to the right and some of the steel parts have broken up.

The crash site seen in the summer of 2003.

Below are two more recent photographs of the wreckage, taken in October 2009.

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