James and his brother Edward, died in hospital from burns received trying to rescue the pilot from the aircraft. They were posthumously awarded the Order of the British Empire.
In 2008 a memorial stone was laid at Dunholme Road Air Disaster Memorial in Church Street Cemetery on the seventieth anniversary of the crash.
A Hawker Audax (serial number K7381) of No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Royal Air Force, based at Hatfield, crashed into 2 houses on Dunholme Road on a council housing estate, near Pymmes Park in the Edmonton region of North London. The aircraft was being flown by a 19-year-old pilot, Sgt. Stanley Robert Morris RAFVR. The pilot and 12 people on the ground were killed, including four children.
Mrs Gladys Saunders aged 39
Benjamin Saunders aged 43
Derek Saunders aged 8
Roy Saunders age 16 (died in hospital)
Jimmy Tant aged 8
John Eusden aged 45 (died in hospital)
Terence Callaghan aged 3-1/2
Dennis Callaghan aged 13
May Lavinia Callaghan aged 39 (died Sept 8th 1938)
Doris Callaghan aged 18 (died Sept 25th 1938)
In 2008 a memorial stone was laid at Dunholme Road Air Disaster Memorial in Church Street Cemetery on the seventieth anniversary of the crash.
A Hawker Audax (serial number K7381) of No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Royal Air Force, based at Hatfield, crashed into 2 houses on Dunholme Road on a council housing estate, near Pymmes Park in the Edmonton region of North London. The aircraft was being flown by a 19-year-old pilot, Sgt. Stanley Robert Morris RAFVR. The pilot and 12 people on the ground were killed, including four children.
Mrs Gladys Saunders aged 39
Benjamin Saunders aged 43
Derek Saunders aged 8
Roy Saunders age 16 (died in hospital)
Jimmy Tant aged 8
John Eusden aged 45 (died in hospital)
Terence Callaghan aged 3-1/2
Dennis Callaghan aged 13
May Lavinia Callaghan aged 39 (died Sept 8th 1938)
Doris Callaghan aged 18 (died Sept 25th 1938)
James and his brother Edward, died in hospital from burns received trying to rescue the pilot from the aircraft. They were posthumously awarded the Order of the British Empire.
In 2008 a memorial stone was laid at Dunholme Road Air Disaster Memorial in Church Street Cemetery on the seventieth anniversary of the crash.
A Hawker Audax (serial number K7381) of No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Royal Air Force, based at Hatfield, crashed into 2 houses on Dunholme Road on a council housing estate, near Pymmes Park in the Edmonton region of North London. The aircraft was being flown by a 19-year-old pilot, Sgt. Stanley Robert Morris RAFVR. The pilot and 12 people on the ground were killed, including four children.
Mrs Gladys Saunders aged 39
Benjamin Saunders aged 43
Derek Saunders aged 8
Roy Saunders age 16 (died in hospital)
Jimmy Tant aged 8
John Eusden aged 45 (died in hospital)
Terence Callaghan aged 3-1/2
Dennis Callaghan aged 13
May Lavinia Callaghan aged 39 (died Sept 8th 1938)
Doris Callaghan aged 18 (died Sept 25th 1938)
In 2008 a memorial stone was laid at Dunholme Road Air Disaster Memorial in Church Street Cemetery on the seventieth anniversary of the crash.
A Hawker Audax (serial number K7381) of No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Royal Air Force, based at Hatfield, crashed into 2 houses on Dunholme Road on a council housing estate, near Pymmes Park in the Edmonton region of North London. The aircraft was being flown by a 19-year-old pilot, Sgt. Stanley Robert Morris RAFVR. The pilot and 12 people on the ground were killed, including four children.
Mrs Gladys Saunders aged 39
Benjamin Saunders aged 43
Derek Saunders aged 8
Roy Saunders age 16 (died in hospital)
Jimmy Tant aged 8
John Eusden aged 45 (died in hospital)
Terence Callaghan aged 3-1/2
Dennis Callaghan aged 13
May Lavinia Callaghan aged 39 (died Sept 8th 1938)
Doris Callaghan aged 18 (died Sept 25th 1938)
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