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| Date: | Saturday 31 July 1937 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Airworthiness Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AAUH |
| MSN: | 1462 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent |
c/no. 1432: DH.60M [Gipsy I] first registered as G-AAUH [C of R 2412] 7.2.30 to William Lindsay Everard MP, Ratcliffe Hall; also operated by Leicestershire Aero Club, Desford, Leicestershire. C of A 2417 issued 15.2.30. Re-registered [C of R 4564] 26.6.33 to Gravesend Aviation Ltd, t/a Gravesend School of Flying, Gravesend, Kent. Re-registered [C of R 6416] 18.10.35 to [successor company] Airworthiness Ltd, Gravesend Airport. Gravesend, Kent.
Written off when destroyed in hangar fire while parked at Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent 31.7.37. Registration G-AAUH cancelled 3.8.37 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFhdWgiXQ==
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAUH.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1939.htm
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p014.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravesend_Airport#Civil_operation
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2017 18:00 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Mar-2018 15:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Oct-2023 06:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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