ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203027
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 616 Avian IVM |
| Owner/operator: | Herbert Martin Woodhams |
| Registration: | G-ACKE |
| MSN: | R3/CN/414 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Coventry Airport, Baginton, Coventry, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Coventry Airport, Baginton, Coventry, Warwickshire (CBT/EGBE) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro 616 Avian IVM: C of A 2411 issued 6.2.30 to Australian National Airways. Registered as VH-UOB [C of R 378] 19.5.30 to Australian National Airways Ltd, Sydney, NSW. Believed used as a basic trainer at Mascot, NSW. Australian Registration cancelled 18.5.32. Returned to the UK, and re-registered as G-ACKE [C of R 4453] 13.9.33 to A.V.Roe & Co Ltd, Newton Heath, Manchester (aircraft based at Woodford Aerodrome, Cheshire). C of A 2411 re-issued 19.10.33.
Re-registered [C of R 5481] 6.12.34 to Merseyside Aero & Sports Co Ltd, t/a Liverpool & District Aero Club, Hooton Park Aerodrome, Hooton, Cheshire. Re-registered [C of R 8769] 29.9.38 to Victor Hugh Doree, Leicester (aircraft based at Leicester Airport, Stoughton, Leicestershire). C of A lapsed 25.5.39. Withdrawn from service and stored 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war. Per the note on the Aircraft's record card "In store as Owners Address". At this time (1938-40), the owners registered address was 90 Granby Street, Leicester.
Stored [by February 1941] at Queens Road Garage, Coventry, Warwickshire. Re-registered 22.10.41 to Percy Blamire, Queens Road Garage, Coventry, Warwickshire. [Reportedly bought by P Bland of Windmill Farm, Hampton-in-Arden 25.1.43; probably erroneous report].
Registration G-ACKE cancelled 1.12.46 at Air Ministry post war census of all surviving pre-war civilian aircraft (but entry later deleted, probably when the owner confirmed that the aircraft was still in existence). G-ACKE was one of only four Avro 616 Avians to have survived WWII (the other three were G-ABEE, G-EBZM and G-ACGT). Of the four survivors, only two - G-ABEE and G-ACKE - managed to fly again after 1945
C of A 2411 renewed 10.1.47. Re-registered 9.4.47 to Ernest John Morton, Coventry. Re-registered 5.1.49 to Herbert Martin Woodhams, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when collided with DH.82A Tiger Moth G-AHKZ at Coventry Airport, Baginton, Coventry, Warwickshire, 26.7.50. Registration G-ACKE cancelled 26.7.50 as "destroyed". Remains absorbed into the rebuilding of Avro Avian G-ABEE in May 1951.
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACKE.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.htmll
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/avian.pdf
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-ACKE
6. http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/CollierMaurice/5400.htm
7. https://www.iaopa.eu/mediaServlet/storage/gamag/feb09/36_39.pdf
8. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UOB.html
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
10. http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/object/229783
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-2017 23:37 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Dec-2017 00:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
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