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| Date: | Monday 22 July 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon II |
| Owner/operator: | Jersey Airways |
| Registration: | G-ACMP |
| MSN: | 6063 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bristol Channel, near Splott, Cardiff, South Glamorgan -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Pengham Moors Airfield, Cardiff, South Galmorgan |
| St. Aunins Beach, Jersey, Channel Islands | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 6063 (Gipsy Major #5450/5451): DH.84 Mk.II registered G-ACMP [C of R 4745] 12.33 to Walter L Thurgood t/a Jersey Airways; named "The St Clement's Bay". Registered [C of R 4842] 31.1.34 to Jersey Airways Ltd, Jersey. C of A 4184 issued 20.2.34. Suffered ground collision with DH,84 G-ACMC at St Aubin’s Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands 25.8.34; repaired. Sold 5.35 (but not re-registered) to Norman Edgar (Western Airways) Ltd,
Whitchurch, Bristol, Gloucestershire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on mudflats in the Bristol Channel near Splott, Cardiff 22.7.35; The pilot and two passengers were killed while five other occupants were injured. The three fatalities were:
Flying Officer John Grazebrook Mansfield (aged 27, pilot) killed (RAFO)
Roland Cecil Edbrooke (aged 34, passenger) killed
Harold Spencer Percival (aged 42, passenger) killed
Registration G-ACMP cancelled 30.12.37 as "withdrawn from use".
Sources:
1. Jenaer Volksblatt 25 July 1935
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH84.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACMP.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh84-dragon-2-cardiff-3-killed
7. http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1935/1935-21.htm
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17884-RAF-fatalities-1935&styleid=3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Dec-2011 13:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Apr-2013 23:23 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, ] |
| 05-Apr-2017 20:13 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Dec-2017 01:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2019 18:00 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Feb-2020 15:46 | Lestocq | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 21-Feb-2020 15:46 | harro | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 23-Mar-2020 17:41 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Feb-2022 08:02 | Jinx 40 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Oct-2022 04:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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