Date:	Thursday 16 May 1940
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:	24 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P1764
MSN:	6421
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France -   France
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Destination airport:

Narrative:
c/no.6421: Tested by DeHavilland Aircraft in September 1938 with experimental Dowty levered suspension undercarriage. As such flown with "Class B" registration as "E.9". Converted to Military DH.89 Dominie for RAF and Taken on charge as P1764 on 29.11.38 by 24 Squadron, RAF Hendon under Contract No 808642/38.

Damaged by enemy aircraft during an air raid at Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France in north-central France, 16.5.40 and abandoned. Struck off charge 3.6.40

Coulommiers is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France in north-central France

1. 24 Squadron Operational Record Book (Record of Events for the period 1 to 31 May 1940): National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/293/9 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8409763
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=22844
4. http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/De_Havilland_DH-89_Dragon_Rapide
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p064.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulommiers,_Seine-et-Marne

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
20-Jul-2009 22:07	angels one five	Updated
23-Jan-2010 09:23	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative, ]
03-Jan-2012 08:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
26-Jun-2012 12:04	Nepa	Updated [Operator, ]
26-Oct-2017 21:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
26-Oct-2017 21:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Feb-2019 20:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Mar-2025 23:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Category, ]
18-Mar-2025 23:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]