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| Date: | Saturday 7 September 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 504N |
| Owner/operator: | National Aviation Displays |
| Registration: | G-ACOD |
| MSN: | F.8713 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Swanson Street, Cedar Square, Blackpool, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Stanley Park, Blackpool, Lancashire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Avro 504N F8713 (former RAF serial used by the Air Ministry in lieu of an official c/n). First registered (C of R 4890) 10.3.34 as G-ACOD to Air Travel Ltd., Penshurst, Kent. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 5653) on 1.3.35 to National Aviation Displays Ltd., Ford Aerodrome, Yapton, West Sussex.
Destroyed in Mid-air collision while in formation flight with Westland Wessex G-ADFZ. On 7.9.35, the Wessex was involved in a collision over Blackpool with an Avro 504N (G-ACOD), the tail section of the Avro fell in Cedar Square with all three occupants of the Avro being killed when the rest of the wreckage came down on Swanson Street, Blackpool, Lancashire:
Captain Hugh William Patrick Stewart (aged 29)(pilot) killed
Miss Doris Barnes (aged 30) (passenger) killed
Miss Lillian Barnes (aged 33) (passenger) killed
Flt Lt Leonard Turnell Carruthers and 4 passengers unhurt in Westland Wessex G-ADFZ. Registration G-ACOD cancelled by the Air Ministry on 25.1.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_IV#Cobham_Air_Routes_Ltd
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACOD.pdf
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
5. http://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-504n-blackpool-3-killed
6. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576791
7. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 17-Jan-2011 13:13 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jan-2011 13:54 | TB | Updated [Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Mar-2011 00:10 | Rajay21 | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, ] |
| 02-Mar-2011 14:33 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, ] |
| 06-Nov-2011 22:24 | Rajay21 | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2011 22:24 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 20-Mar-2012 12:31 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2012 17:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 01:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 01:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 24-May-2016 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2017 01:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2017 01:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2017 01:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 21-Dec-2017 01:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2017 22:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Nov-2020 16:54 | Sergey L. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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