Hornet F.1 PX233 near Church Fenton.
On 21st November 1947 this 19 Squadron aircraft was being flown on a night time training exercise that involved the pilot practicing flying with one engine shut down to simulate an engine failure. He attempted to make a landing at Church Fenton airfield in cloud but was forced to overshoot and his approach was made too fast. Having overshot he stalled the aircraft at 150 feet above the ground, lost control and crashed around half a mile beyond the end of the runway.
Historians Albert Pritchard, Eric Barton and Ken Reast believed that they had located the crash site of Hornet PX233, with permission from the landowner just north of Church Fenton village though this may have been when Mosquito DD782 crashed in November 1942. Both aeroplanes appear to have crashed near close to the same location.
Pilot - P/O George Turner RAF (59291), aged 26. Buried Nottingham Northern Cemetery (N/19.1).