De Havilland Mosquito NF.Mk.II
Crashed in Central Avenue Fartown Huddersfield Yorks. 6.7.44 NFD. Pilot was killed doinng stunts over his parents house in Blackhouse Road when he lost control and crashed on the junction of West Close and Central Avenue killing the three people
Crew:
F/Lt (89841) Ernest Robert James BLEZARD (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Mosquito DZ698 crashed on the 6th December 1944 near the junction of Central Avenue and West Close, Fartown, Huddersfield.
51 Central Avenue was destroyed, another adjoining house, 61 West Close was severely damaged.
The pilot, who was killed, was
F/Lt. Ernest Robert James Blezard
He was from Huddersfield. Eyewitness accounts, which include his parents, state that he was seen circling the area in the Mosquito before the aircraft, appearing to dip a wing to one side, flipped over onto its back and plunged to earth.
The pilots mother saw it explode in a ball of flames on impact. His father states that although he didn't know for sure, he suspected it may have been his son . All of which implies that the pilot was flying on a prearranged flypast of his home town. This makes what ensued even more tragic.
He joined up in 1940 and after initial training served in Canada as a Flying Instructor. Eight weeks before the crash he returned home and married local girl , Kathleen Grogan , on the 16th May 1944 at St. Brigid's Church ,Longwood.
Crashed in Central Avenue Fartown Huddersfield Yorks. 6.7.44 NFD. Pilot was killed doinng stunts over his parents house in Blackhouse Road when he lost control and crashed on the junction of West Close and Central Avenue killing the three people
Crew:
F/Lt (89841) Ernest Robert James BLEZARD (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Mosquito DZ698 crashed on the 6th December 1944 near the junction of Central Avenue and West Close, Fartown, Huddersfield.
51 Central Avenue was destroyed, another adjoining house, 61 West Close was severely damaged.
The pilot, who was killed, was
F/Lt. Ernest Robert James Blezard
He was from Huddersfield. Eyewitness accounts, which include his parents, state that he was seen circling the area in the Mosquito before the aircraft, appearing to dip a wing to one side, flipped over onto its back and plunged to earth.
The pilots mother saw it explode in a ball of flames on impact. His father states that although he didn't know for sure, he suspected it may have been his son . All of which implies that the pilot was flying on a prearranged flypast of his home town. This makes what ensued even more tragic.
He joined up in 1940 and after initial training served in Canada as a Flying Instructor. Eight weeks before the crash he returned home and married local girl , Kathleen Grogan , on the 16th May 1944 at St. Brigid's Church ,Longwood.
De Havilland Mosquito NF.Mk.II
Crashed in Central Avenue Fartown Huddersfield Yorks. 6.7.44 NFD. Pilot was killed doinng stunts over his parents house in Blackhouse Road when he lost control and crashed on the junction of West Close and Central Avenue killing the three people
Crew:
F/Lt (89841) Ernest Robert James BLEZARD (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Mosquito DZ698 crashed on the 6th December 1944 near the junction of Central Avenue and West Close, Fartown, Huddersfield.
51 Central Avenue was destroyed, another adjoining house, 61 West Close was severely damaged.
The pilot, who was killed, was
F/Lt. Ernest Robert James Blezard
He was from Huddersfield. Eyewitness accounts, which include his parents, state that he was seen circling the area in the Mosquito before the aircraft, appearing to dip a wing to one side, flipped over onto its back and plunged to earth.
The pilots mother saw it explode in a ball of flames on impact. His father states that although he didn't know for sure, he suspected it may have been his son . All of which implies that the pilot was flying on a prearranged flypast of his home town. This makes what ensued even more tragic.
He joined up in 1940 and after initial training served in Canada as a Flying Instructor. Eight weeks before the crash he returned home and married local girl , Kathleen Grogan , on the 16th May 1944 at St. Brigid's Church ,Longwood.
Crashed in Central Avenue Fartown Huddersfield Yorks. 6.7.44 NFD. Pilot was killed doinng stunts over his parents house in Blackhouse Road when he lost control and crashed on the junction of West Close and Central Avenue killing the three people
Crew:
F/Lt (89841) Ernest Robert James BLEZARD (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Mosquito DZ698 crashed on the 6th December 1944 near the junction of Central Avenue and West Close, Fartown, Huddersfield.
51 Central Avenue was destroyed, another adjoining house, 61 West Close was severely damaged.
The pilot, who was killed, was
F/Lt. Ernest Robert James Blezard
He was from Huddersfield. Eyewitness accounts, which include his parents, state that he was seen circling the area in the Mosquito before the aircraft, appearing to dip a wing to one side, flipped over onto its back and plunged to earth.
The pilots mother saw it explode in a ball of flames on impact. His father states that although he didn't know for sure, he suspected it may have been his son . All of which implies that the pilot was flying on a prearranged flypast of his home town. This makes what ensued even more tragic.
He joined up in 1940 and after initial training served in Canada as a Flying Instructor. Eight weeks before the crash he returned home and married local girl , Kathleen Grogan , on the 16th May 1944 at St. Brigid's Church ,Longwood.
Inscription
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Gravesite Details
89841
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