3rd September 1939:Pilot Officer John Noel Laughton Isaac Royal Air Force 600 Sqdn.

Sorry Alan not sure what you are meaning


regards
Clive

 

you need to look again at the 1939 register it has all evans family next door to the freemans and everyone living in houses with even numbers , the plane took out houses opposite with odd numbers ?

 

the report says plane left air field on south eastern runway heading up towards heading street too low and too slow before crashing within the first minuate after takeoff !!

 

Gentlemen in Blue

 

Sorry Alan i dont understand

 

Sorry, Alan, I think I've no more help to give.

 

After talking with my mother today and talking about the heading st plane crash , she told me the plane came over and crashed in front of my fathers house 12 heading st. blast threw my father who was nearly 4 at the time across the room suffering perforated ear drums, his granddad edward evans suffered a leg injury which troubled him for sometime which left him with a stick , he was eventually taken to hospital but sent home and died later .

 

Alan do you have the death certificate
the newspaper article states he fell in his bedroom a few weeks later then died due to breaking a bone in the top half of his leg


regards
Clive

 

I have copy of death certificate , only cause of death broken femour ! can i post on here?

 

yes you can post here

but my point is he would not be considered a casualty due to a fall at home and not seen as war related


regards
Clive

 

Whilst on holiday many years ago, staying in the same hotel was an ex Blenheim Pilot.
He passed away several years ago but informed me that there were many crashes when converting to the Blenheim due to the compexities of this plane compared to it's predecessors. Lots of technical innovations plus first RAF bomber with retractable undercarriage.
Having said that he loved the plane but said you had to really concentrate whilst flying them.
Failing to operate the undercarriage to up position after take off produced a lot of drag and could bring the plane down if the Pilot didn't correct soon enough.

Regards
Tom

 

Thank you.

 

This poor man must have been the victim.

 

You can always contact me privately for more info on plane crash, also my father who was only 3 suffered perforared ear drums when the plane crashed on heading street . Email alancurtis1957@outlook.com.

 

Alan best replace @ With AT

 

3 September 1939

600 Squadron
Blenheim Mk1-F L1164

Stalled during single engine approach to Hendon and crashed at The Burroughs, Hendon. P/O John Isaac killed.

The Bristol Blenheim - Warner

 

The AIB report says he was taking off not landing when he stalled at 1000 feet crashing into heading street and being killed outright , also one civillian killed but no record found ? of any civillian death.

 

That sounds like a bit of racist gossip. Noel Isaac was a relative of my father’s and the family came from Wales and yes there was some good Jewish ancestry there. My great grandmother Kate Isaac was widowed as a young woman and raised a large family whilst running her own business. One of her children waa Noel’s father. Noel was a practising Solicitor at the time of his death as well as training to be a pilot. I have read the type of Blenheim plane he was flying was prone to stalling mid air. The rest is sadly history.

 

Pilot Officer John Isaacs of 600 Squadron became one of the first casualties on 3rd September 1939 when his Blenheim I crashed in Heading Street,Hendon while practising single engine approaches to RAF Hendon.This unfortunate accident ,which also killed one person on the ground ,resulted in the banning of all training flights at Hendon.

from Hendon Aerodrome-A History- by David Oliver

ISAAC, JOHN NOEL LAUGHTON

Rank:
Pilot Officer
Service No:
90721
Date of Death:
03/09/1939
Age:
28
Regiment/Service:
Royal Air Force

600 Sqdn.
Grave Reference
Panel 2.
Cemetery
GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:
Son of Wilfrid John and Rosalind Mary Isaac, of Cardiff. B.A. (Oxon.); Solicitor.