ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146758
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| Date: | 26-JUN-1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Anglo-American Oil Co |
| Registration: | G-ADCL |
| C/n / msn: | 6277 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Redhill Aerodrome, Redhill, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Redhill Aerodrome (EGKR) |
Registered as G-ADCL [C of R 5602] 16.4.35 to Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, Redhill (as a replacement for G-ACTT). C of A 4784 issued 4.5.35; delivered 8.5.35. Substantially damaged when overturned on landing Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey, 26.6.35, killing Brendan [Jimmy] Hanstock, General Manager of Anglo-American.
Not badly damaged and rebuilt by De Havillands. Re-registered [C of R 6607] 19.12.35 to Airwork Ltd, Heston. Registration cancelled 1.8.36 as sold and C of A renewed 31.7.36. Bought by Juan de la Cierva and Tom Campbell-Black from Airwork Ltd and departed Heston 1.8.36, piloted by Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton for the Spanish Nationalists at Burgos. Used as fighter/bomber with forward firing Vickers gun almost certainly as 40-2 "Capitan Vela". Retained as personal aircraft of Mayor J-A Ansaldo. Later used as trainer with Spanish Air Force. To Iberia Airlines 1940. Registered as EC-AAY 1941 to Trafico Aereo Espana; later (by 2.10.45) to Iberia; later based in Spanish Guinea. Withdrawn from use at Doula River Bata, Guinea, and registration cancelled 22.6.46
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADCL.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_EC-1.html
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 Dec 1936 | 40-2 | Spanish Nationalist Air Force | 0 | near San Sebastian, Bay of Biscay, Basque Region |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2012 13:09 | TB | Added |
| 07-Jan-2014 18:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2017 16:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2017 23:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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