ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18833
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 July 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax C.8 |
| Owner/operator: | Lancashire Aircraft Corporation (Berlin Airlift) |
| Registration: | G-AHWN |
| MSN: | 1314 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Schleswigland, Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | RAF Schleswigland, Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein |
| RAF Schleswigland, Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Handley Page Halifax C.Mk.VIII. Built for the RAF as PP230, registered 21 June 1946 (C of R 10409/1; C of A 10278) as G-AHWN to Handley Page Ltd., Cricklewood, London, NW.2. Registration cancelled as "Returned to the RAF" 27 January 47 and reverted to PP230 again.
Civil registration G-AHWN restored on 20 April 1948 to Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd., Samlesbury, Blackburn, Lancashire (aircraft actually based as RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire). C. of A. 10278 reissued 1 October 1948, and aircraft named 'Air Viceroy'. Used intensively during "Operation Plainfare" (the Berlin airlift) until May 1949. G-AHWM had already been damaged on 12 June 1949 when it collided with another Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Handley Page Halifax C.Mk. 8 (G-ALBZ) at Berlin-Tegel Airport (which see).
Damaged beyond repair 6 July 1949 when undercarriage failed to retract on takeoff at RAF Schleswigland, Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The undercarriage collapsed on subsequent landing after return to RAF Schleswigland. Registration G-AHWN formally cancelled by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry on 1 May 1950 as "withdrawn from use"
Sources:
1. http://halifax346et347.canalblog.com/archives/p80-10.html
2. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AHWN.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp70-halifax-viii-schleswig
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jun-2010 11:11 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2010 13:10 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Mar-2017 01:33 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2017 01:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2019 19:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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