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| Date: | Sunday 10 April 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | EoN AP-5 Olympia 2B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-ALJS |
| MSN: | EON/O/047 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Redhill Aerodrome, Redhill, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Redhill Aerodrome, Redhill, Surrey (EGKR) |
| Redhill Aerodrome, Redhill, Surrey (EGKR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-BGA 545/APD; First registered as G-ALJS on 30/3/1949 (C of R 12601/1; C of A 10463). Written off (details not known) when it crashed on 10/4/1949, just two weeks later, at Redhill Aerodrome, Redhill, Surrey. Glider was flying Redhill-Beaulieu-Redhill.
Registration G-ALJS belatedly cancelled by the CAA on 10/1/1964 as "marks withdrawn from use"
Sources:
1. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?54450-Gliders-in-the-G-AL**-series-1949&p=1119916
2. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ALJS.pdf
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Olympia.htm
4. GLIDING IN BRITAIN Edited by Jacques Cocheme Published by the SAILFLYING PRESS LTD 1950
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2013 16:35 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Jan-2015 15:44 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Mar-2017 15:31 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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