ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153552
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| Date: | Saturday 17 December 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | The Plymouth & District Aero Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ABWZ |
| MSN: | 2236 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Plymouth Roborough Airport, Devon (EGHD) |
| Kidlington Aerodrome, Oxfordshire (OXF/EGTK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Registered G-ABWZ [C of R 3767] 5.32 to Brooklands Aviation Ltd, Brooklands. C of A 3487 issued 13.6.32. Re-registered [C of R 3888] 7.32 to Norman W.G. Edgar, t/a Norman Edgar & Co, Whitchurch. Operated on aerial delivery services with effect from 13.9.32 by J.S. Fry & Sons Ltd from their factory strip at Somerdale; painted in Fry's Chocolate colours.
Loaned by Fry's to the Marquis of Douglas & Clydesdale's Houston-Mount Everest Expedition and flown by Air Commodore P.F.M. Fellowes. Departed Heston for Karachi 16.2.33; returned to UK 15.5.33. Still painted in Fry's Chocolate colours in mid 1935, but removed by 9.35.
Operated [from 7.34] by Edgar's company, Norman Edgar [Western Airways] Ltd, Weston-super-Mare, (Major E Cadbury, Managing Director of Fry's, had an investment in Norman Edgar Western Airways). Probably transferred 10.38 to Western Airways Ltd [on take-over by Straight Corporation Ltd]. Registered 9.12.38 to The Plymouth & District Aero Club Ltd, Roborough.
Crashed near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire 17.12.38.All three occupants were injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Registration cancelled with effect from 17.12.38 on census.
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABWZ.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh80.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh80-chipping-norton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2013 08:18 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Dec-2017 23:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2017 23:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Apr-2022 06:47 | Lipatov Sergey | Updated [Source] |
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