ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202213
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| Date: | 24-APR-1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Linton-on-Ouse SF Royal Air Force (Linton-on-Ouse SF RAF) |
| Registration: | BD166 |
| C/n / msn: | 1237 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
DH.60G [Gipsy I] registered as G-AAWR [C of R 2513] 2.5.30 to Major Charles EM Pickthorne, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey. C of A 2506 issued 17.5.30. Registered [C of R 3033] 2.31 to Eric J Brighton, t/a Midland Air Services, Castle Bromwich, Staffordshire. Re-registered [C of R 4576] 29.6.33 to Ernest Batchelor, Leicester. Operated [by January 1935] by Yorkshire Aviation Services Ltd, Newton House, Leeming.
Crashed North Rigton, Yorkshire 1.1.35; pilot TC Pick slightly injured. Repaired and C of A renewed 18.2.37; delivered 2.37 to Commander Charles W Croxford RN [of Yorkshire Aviation Services Country Club Ltd], Newton House, Leeming, North Yorskhire. Re-registered [C of R 8251] 6.12.37 to Yorkshire Aviation Services Country Club Ltd, York Municipal Aerodrome (later RAF Linton-on-Ouse). Withdrawn from use and stored 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war.
Registration G-AAWR cancelled 6.8.40 as sold. Impressed into military service as BD166, 11.8.40 at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire. Damaged 29.4.41 whilst taxying at Linton-on-Ouse. To DeHavilland at Witney, Oxfordshire, 2.5.41 for inspection and possibly repairs, but not repaired and Struck Off Charge 20.5.41 and "reduced to produce" (=scrapped)
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAWR.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2017 13:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Nov-2018 16:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2019 10:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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