ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18855
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| Date: | Saturday 17 December 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax C Mk VIII |
| Owner/operator: | Chartair Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AKGN |
| MSN: | 1395 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aylesbury-Thame Airfield, Buckinghamshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Thame Airfield, nr Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Halifax C.VIII: built for the RAF as PP333. Sold on and civil registered (C of R 11902/1; C of A 10223) on 16 September 1947 to G-AKGN to British American Air Services Ltd., Bovingdon, Hertfordshire. Re-registered (C of R 11902/2) to Chartair Ltd., Thame Airfield, Thame, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 26 August 1949. (Possibly leased rather than sold - see link #5).
Damaged beyond economic repair by gale whilst parked at Aylesbury (Thame) Airfield on 17 December 1949 and registration cancelled as "scrapped" 20 July 1950
Sources:
1. PEAPL
2. World Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
3. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AKGN.pdf
4. http://halifax346et347.canalblog.com/archives/les_halifax_ii_v_iii_vi_et_vii_/index.html
5. http://saadonline.uk/archives/911
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jun-2010 13:03 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2010 13:04 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Mar-2017 23:07 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2019 20:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2023 11:20 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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