David Campbell Garratt

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Dedicated to all who served with 111 Squadron Royal Air Force and in memory of Flying Officer 4034662 David Campbell GARRATT. 1930-1957. (Armed Forces Memorial) Born 29th April 1930 died 7th June 1957 aged 27. Stationed at RAF North Weald. Epping, Essex. At rest in St Andrew's Churchyard, North Weald, Epping, Essex. Son of John Charles and Marjorie Ethel nee Coatman.
London Gazette dated 22nd February 1957.
ROYAL AIR FORCE.GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Appointment to commission (permanent). 1st October 1956. David Campbell Garratt (4034662)

Civial Aviation News (Flight) dated 13th April 1950.
R.Ae.C AVIATORS' CERTIFICATES
The latest R.Ae.C. list of Aviators' Certificates, covering the period from January 23rd to March 29th, 1950, shows a total of 119 certificates awarded. The previous list (November 18th, 1949, to January 23rd, 1950) was published in Flight of February 16th
26,333- David Campbell Garratt No. 7 Flight Training School at RAF Cottesmore I0.2.195O
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Given that the Red Arrows flew their first display in 1965 and their first fatality was in 1969, the publication dates for the Dave Garratt strips of a decade before that crash seemed much too early. However before the Red Arrows were formed as the definitive RAF aerobatic display team there were a selection of other teams provided in the main by various front-line squadrons. In 1957 111 Squadron based at RAF North Weald in Essex, in addition to their normal day-to-day activities, flew five black Hawker Hunter F6 jet fighters as the Black Arrows.
On 7 June 1957 the team were practising aerobatics over their base for their forthcoming appearance at the Farnsworth air show when two of the Hunters collided. One of them, registration XE621, despite having a damaged wing was able to land at what is now Stansted airport and its pilot survived. However the other Hunter, registration XF525, crashed on the nearby railway line damaging the track and causing a train to de-rail injuring three of its passengers. The 27 year-old pilot of the doomed aircraft did not survive the crash – his name was Flying Officer David C Garratt and he was known to his family as Dave.

This memorial plaque is at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire


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