ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206207
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| Date: | 19-MAY-1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 2 (O) Advanced Flying Unit Royal Air Force (2 (O) AFU RAF) |
| Registration: | X5051 |
| C/n / msn: | 1657 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Millom, Cumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Millom, Cumberland |
DH.60M [Gipsy I]; Taken on charge as K1907 30.3.31 at RAF Kenley, Surrey. Issued to Station Flight, RAF Mildenhall 11.4.31. To 99 Squadron, RAF Mildenhall 12.4.35. To Station Flight, RAF Mildenhall (again, by 31.1.38). To 5 FTS, RAF Sealand 2.8.38 (for disposal). Struck off charge as sold 26.8.38.
Civil registered [C or R 8961] as G-AFMY on 16.1.39 to Midland Bank Flying Club Ltd, Chigwell, Essex (at Horton Kirby with effect from July 1939). C of A issued 18.1.39 (fitted with Gipsy II engine).
Registration cancelled by Secretary of State 12.2.40. Impressed into military service as X5051 from 12.2.40 and issued to 10 MU Hullavington. To 2 Air Observers School, RAF Millom, Cumberland 10.6.41. Renamed as 2(O) AFU in February 1942.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when damaged in forced landing with engine failure after take-off RAF Millom, Cumberland 19.5.42. Struck off charge 6.6.42.
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-AFMY.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2018 17:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Nov-2018 20:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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