ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201025
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| Date: | Saturday 13 January 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Parnall Elf Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | Fred Rowland-Hall |
| Registration: | G-AAIO |
| MSN: | 2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Park Corner, Sapperton, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Downhatherby, Gloucestershire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Second of only three Parnall Elfs built, fitted with the uprated 120 hp Hermes II engine, hence sometimes referred to as the "Elf Mk.II". First registered 11.6.29 as G-AAIO to George Parnall & Co., Yate, Gloucestershire. Sold on (and re-registered to) Fred Rowland-Hall, Downhatherby, Gloucestershire on 24.10.33.
Written off (destroyed) when spun in, crashed and burned, Park Corner, near Sapperton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Both persons on board - pilot/owner Fred Rowland-Hall (aged 43) and passenger Roy W Hall (aged 17) - were killed, Registration G-AAIO cancelled by/om 31.1.34 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAIO.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
4. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576729
5. https://scarfandgoggles.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/the-lone-parnall-elf/
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2017 22:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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