ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221729
Last updated: 5 June 2020
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| Date: | 31-MAY-1923 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Bristol Type 81 Puma Trainer |
| Owner/operator: | Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EBFR |
| C/n / msn: | 6239 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Yeovil Aerodrome, Yeovil, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Filton Aerodrome, Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire |
| Yeovil Aerodrome, Yeovil, Somerset |
31.5.23: Bristol Type 81 Puma Trainer G-EBFR, Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd. First registered 19.4.23 (C of R 956). Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing, Yeovil Aerodrome, Yeovil. Somerset. Pilot - Flying Officer Arthur Stuart Keep MC (Westland test pilot, aged 31) - was injured. Registration G-EBFR cancelled 25.7.23 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Note: Most published sources gibe the fate of Bristol Puma G-EBFR as "crashed Filton, Bristol 6.23"
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E2.html
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EBFR.pdf
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/82-register-gb-g-eb
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2019 02:56 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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