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| Date: | Tuesday 16 July 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon I |
| Owner/operator: | British-American Air Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ACGU |
| MSN: | 6034 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tentelow Lane, Southall, Middlesex, near Heston Aerodrome -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex |
| Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 6034 (Gipsy Major #5230/5231); Registered G-ACGU [C of R 4368] 1.6.33 to Blackpool & West Coast Air Services Ltd, Squires Gate. C of A 3962 issued 28.6.33. Sold in 5.35 (but not re-registered) to British-American Air Services Ltd, Heston.
Crashed and destroyed by fire on take off at Heston 16.7.35; Crashed at Tentelow Lane, Southall, Middlesex, near Heston Aerodrome, and caught fire. Two passengers killed; pilot Stanley Fines and 5 other passengers injured.
Passengers and Crew on G-ACGU:
Major Adrian Wrigley Fosbroke-Hobbes (39) killed
Hans Newhouse (55) killed
Flying Officer Stanley Fine injured (pilot)
Nubar Sarkis Gulbenkian injured
Cecil Hampton injured
Anthony Charles Henry Heycock injured
Miss Margaret Vickers injured
Ralph Cecil Vickers injured
They were flying to Portsmouth to take part to a Navy ship parade. Registration G-ACGU cancelled 2.12.35 as "withdrawn from use".
Sources:
1. El Litoral 16 July 1935, p.1
2. Jenaer Volksblatt 16 July 1935
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/17/C315: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576783
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1939.htm
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACGU.pdf
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh84-dragon-1-heston-2-killed
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
8. https://checkmypostcode.uk/ub24ll
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Dec-2011 13:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Apr-2017 19:24 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Oct-2017 00:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Oct-2017 00:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 02-Oct-2017 00:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 02-Oct-2017 19:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 15-Dec-2017 16:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Mar-2020 20:40 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Feb-2022 08:02 | Jinx 40 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ] |
| 27-Oct-2022 15:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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