ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163354
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Date: | Sunday 26 June 1932 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
Owner/operator: | Maidstone Aero Club |
Registration: | G-EBWY |
MSN: | 584 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | West Malling, Maidstone, Kent -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | West Malling, Maidstone, Kent |
Destination airport: | West Malling, Maidstone, Kent |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:c/no 584: DH.60X [Cirrus II] registered as G-EBWY [C of R 1594] 10.3.28 to Henry N S (Nigel) Norman, Croydon, Surrey; (first privately-owned Moth with auto-slots). C of A 1354 issued 5.4.28. Re-registered [C of R 1855] 21.1.29 to Thomas E Rose-Richards, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex.
Sold July 1929 by Malcolm Campbell (London) 1927 Ltd and re-registered [C of R 2115] August 1929 to The London Aero Club Ltd, t/a London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane.
G-EBWY was one of two DH.60 Moths raffled by the London Aeroplane Club at their annual dinner on 17.2.31, and it was won by Capt. Leighton-Davies. He was an overseas visitor and did not want the Moth, so it was promptly sold on for £250 to Reginald Clarence Presland, RAF Club, Piccadilly, London W1 (but remained based at Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex); re-registered to him [C of R 3087] 26.3.31; probably named "Pamela".
Sold 25.6.32 [but not re-registered] to John E Johnston-Noad [alias "Count" Johnston-Noad], and/or his company Maidstone Airport Ltd., for operation by Maidstone Aero Club, West Malling, Maidstone, Kent.
Written off when crashed 26.6.32: While flying in the vicinity of West Malling Airport, the single engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. Both occupants were injured. Registration G-EBWY cancelled 2.12.32 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft". (Some published sources sate "Withdrawn from Use 6.10.32")
Sources:
1.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EBWY.pdf 2.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E4.html 3.
https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVid3kiXQ== 4.
http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15512.0 5.
https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p005.html 7.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-west-malling 8.
https://nelsonlambert.blogspot.com/2012/08/from-black-orchid-to-defiants-west.html 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Malling Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jan-2014 22:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
27-Aug-2017 17:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Aug-2017 14:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
29-Feb-2020 20:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
19-Jan-2024 10:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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