ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19489
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 February 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Plus C |
| Owner/operator: | Romford Flying Club |
| Registration: | G-AFVU |
| MSN: | 116 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maylands Aerodrome, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Maylands Aerodrome, Essex |
First civil registered [C of R 9153/1] on 5/7/39 as G-AFVU to Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Ltd., Thurmaston, Leicestershire. C of A 6671 issued July 1939. Registration G-AFVU cancelled/lapsed 27/7/39. Registration restored [C of R 9153/2] on 3/8/39 to the Romford Flying Club Ltd., Maylands Aerodrome, Harold Park, Romford, Essex.
Withdrawn from use 1/6/39 and stored at Maylands Aerodrome, due to all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of WW II.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when destroyed by a hangar fire whilst parked at Maylands Aerodrome, Harold Park, Romford, Essex, on 6/2/1940. According to one eyewitness report: "Maylands airfield, although disused, received the attention of the Luftwaffe and the small civil hangar and other buildings were destroyed and the fields around and about cratered"
Maylands had closed on 1/9/1939 due to the outbreak of war and "it had anti invasion stakes driven into the flying area to deter use by the Germans". The site of the airfield is now a Golf course.
Registration G-AFVU cancelled by the CAA on 15/6/1940 as "PWFU" ("Destruction or Permanent Withdrawl From Use of Aircraft")
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFVU.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/maylands-romford
5. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RomfordHistory/conversations/topics/6920;
6. Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No.1 at http://austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%201.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Dec-2012 04:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2012 04:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2012 04:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2018 18:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2019 20:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 06-May-2023 17:12 | Nepa | Updated [[Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]] |
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