ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205742
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| Date: | Thursday 15 June 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.11A Whitney Straight |
| Owner/operator: | Thanet Aero Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AFBV |
| MSN: | 497 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ipswich Aerodrome, Ipswich, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ramsgate Airport, Ramsgate, Kent (X2RT) |
| Ipswich Aerodrome, Ipswich, Suffolk (EGSE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered [C of R 8081] on 2.10.37 as G-AFBV to Albert Batchelor, Broadstairs, Kent (aircraft based at Ramsgate Airport, Ramsgate, Kent). C of A 6073 issued October 1937. Sold on and re-regsiterd [C of R 8081/2] on 28.1.39 to Ipswich Aero Club Ltd., London W.1 (aircraft based at Ipswich Aerodrome, Ipswich, Suffolk). Sold on and re-regsitered [C of R 8081/3] to Thanet Aero Club Ltd., London W.1 (aircraft based at Ramsgate Airport, Ramsgate, Kent)
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15.6.39 when G-AFBW hit a wind sock on approach and crashed at Ipswich Airport, Ipswich, Suffolk. Both persons on board were killed:
Flying Officer Charles Frederick Almond, RAFO (pilot, aged 28)
Henry Angwin Spray (passenger, aged 22)
Registration G-AFBV cancelled by the Air Ministry 7.7.39 due to "change of ownership of aircraft" (sic)
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFBV.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A10.html
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2018 18:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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