ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62254
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 February 1940 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Romford Flying Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ABVI |
| MSN: | 4004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maylands Aerodrome, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Maylands Aerodrome, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex |
| Maylands Aerodrome, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex |
c/no.4004: Registered as G-ABVI [C of R 3677] 23.3.32 to Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Woodley. Sold and re-registered [C of R 3781] 6.6.32 to Edward H Hillman t/a Hillman's Airways, Maylands; later named "Chris" and given fleet no.5. C of A 3495 issued 17.6.32; delivered 18.6.32.
Based at Stapleford with effect from 23. 5.34. Registered [C of R 6517] 25.11.35 to Hillman's Airways Ltd. Merged into British Airways Ltd 11.12.35 and re-registered to them [C of R 6626] 10.1.36. Re-registered [C of R 6886] 1.4.36 to Hillman & Cross Ltd, Maylands Aerodrome, Romford, Essex; change of name 8.5.36 to Essex Aero Ltd.
Operated by Tom Campbell-Black's British Empire Air Display and damaged on take-off after forced landing at Ashgate, near Chesterfield 13.4.36. Registered [C of R 7166] 6.7.36 to Laurence Lipton, Maylands. Re-registered [C of R 7930] 8.6.37 to Anthony O Humble-Smith, Bournemouth.
Re-registered [C of R 8418] 25.3.38 to Romford Flying Club Ltd, Maylands. Withdrawn from use and stored at Maylands from 4.9.39 when all private flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war.
Destroyed in Romford Flying Club hangar fire at Maylands Aerodrome, Romford, Essex on 6.2.40. (One of nine aircraft destroyed in this incident). Registration cancelled 7.2.40 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh83.pdf
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABVI.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p040.html
6. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?94492-Help-With-Identification
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1989.pdf
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2011.pdf
9. https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/maylands-romford/
10. https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Maylands
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 11-Dec-2011 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2013 14:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2017 20:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2019 20:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Oct-2022 18:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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