ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205591
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| Date: | Thursday 13 January 1955 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: | Aeronca 100 |
| Owner/operator: | Philip J Colbourne |
| Registration: | G-AEWU |
| MSN: | AB.116 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Farnborough Airfield, Farnborough, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered as G-AEWU [C of R 7790] 30.3.37 to Aeronautical Corporation of GB Ltd, Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex. Re-registered 11.7.38 to Aircraft Exchange & Mart Ltd, Hanworth. C of A 6371 issued 5.8.38. Re-registered [C of R 8831] 22.10.38 to London Air Park Flying Club Ltd, Hanworth.
Re-registered [C of R 8831/2] on 28.7.39 to No. 600 [City of London] Squadron Flying Club, RAF Hendon/RAF Northolt. C of A lapsed 4.8.39. Registration G-AEWC cancelled 1.12.46. Re-registered [C of R 8831/3] on 17.1.48 to Brevet Flying Club Ltd, Hanworth.
Re-registered [C of R 8831/4] on 29.11.48 to Trevor Sherlock Gooch, Farnham, Surrey. C of A A1809 renewed 25.11.48. C of A lapsed 15.12.49. Re-registered [C of R R1809/5] on 15.12.50 to Philip J Colbourne, Farnborough. C of A renewed 22.8.51. C of A lapsed 21.8.52; renewed 3.12.54.
Written off (Wrecked) when the portable hangar G-AEWU being being stored in collapsed due to heavy snowfall at Farnborough Airfield, Farnborough, Hampshire 13.1.55.
Registration G-AEWU cancelled April 1956 as "dismantled". Remains transported to Fairoaks in 1957, and used as spares for the rebuild of Aeronca G-AETG.
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AEWU-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AEWU-2.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A10.html
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/aeronca.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2018 22:25 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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