ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178330
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 February 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Brantly B.2A |
| Owner/operator: | Pontins Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ASHD |
| MSN: | 314 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | River Colne, near Brightlingsea, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Clacton, Essex (EGSQ) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14/2/1967 when ditched into the River Colne near Brightlingsea, Essex, and sank. Pilot survived. Registration G-ASHD cancelled by the CAA on 22/6/1967 as aircraft "destroyed"
A years before it crashed, G-ASHD was briefly a TV star, when it appeared in fake RAF markings in an episode of the TV Series "The Avengers"; specifically, the episode "What The Butler Saw", filmed between 27/12/1965 and 7/1/1966, and first broadcast 25/1/66
Sources:
1. https://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ASHD.pdf
2. Yorkshire Air News February 1967: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/1967%2002.pdf
3. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1281363/
4. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1031310/
5. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1036048/
6. http://www.dissolute.com.au/the-avengers-tv-series/cars/
Media:
Brantly B.2A G-ASHD on show at the Biggin Hill Air Fair in May 1963:
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