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| Date: | Thursday 16 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 24 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W9365 |
| MSN: | 6301 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France |
c/no. 6301: Registered G-ADNI [C of R 6159] 15.8.35 to Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd, Haifa, Palestine. C of A 5166 issued 17.10.35; delivered 21.10.35. Re-registered [C of R 8572] 22.6.38 to Mutual Finance Ltd, and operated by Air Dispatch Ltd, Croydon. Re-registered 27.2.40 to Anglo-European Airways Ltd, Cardiff. Registration cancelled 11.2.40 as sold [sic].
To 24 Squadron, RAF Hendon and impressed into military service as W9365 12.4.40. Damaged in France 16.5.40, possibly in an air raid at Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France; to 21 Air Depot Bouguenais, near Nantes 7.6.40, but abandoned. Struck off charge 22.6.40.
Coulommiers is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.
Sources:
1. 24 Squadron Operational Record Book (Record of Events for the period 1 to 30 June 1940): National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/293/12 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8409766
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=22844
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADNI.pdf
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p063.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulommiers,_Seine-et-Marne
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2011 17:56 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Jun-2012 12:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 26-Jun-2012 12:06 | Nepa | Updated |
| 26-Oct-2017 21:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Feb-2019 20:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 18-Mar-2025 23:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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