Date:	Saturday 22 June 1940
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:	24 Sqn RAF
Registration:	X8506
MSN:	6405
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Orléans–Bricy Air Base, 6 miles NNW of Ingré, near Orléans -   France
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Orléans–Bricy Air Base, near Orleans, France (ORE/LFOJ)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
c/no.6405: Registered G-AFEO [C of R 8319] 11.4.38 to North Eastern Airways Ltd, Doncaster. (Although, for official purposes, the aircraft's "home airport" was Croydon, Surrey). C of A 6251 issued 9.5.38. Registration cancelled 26.3.40 as sold.

To 24 Squadron, RAF Hendon 27.3.40 and impressed into military service as X8506 31.3.40. Struck off charge 22.6.40 in France. Known to have been captured intact by advancing German forces while parked at Bricy, near Orleans, France.

(Orléans–Bricy Air Base (French: Base aérienne 123) (IATA: ORE, ICAO: LFOJ) is a French Air Force (French: Armée de l'Air (ALA) base. The base is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north-north west of Ingré near the city of Orléans; about 65 miles (105 km) south-south west of Paris).

1. 24 Squadron Operational Record Book (Record of Events for the period 1 to 31 June 1940): National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/293/11 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8409765
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFEO.pdf
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A10.html
6. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=22844&styleid=14
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orl%C3%A9ans_%E2%80%93_Bricy_Air_Base

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
25-May-2009 03:06	angels one five	Updated
23-Jan-2010 10:49	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
03-Jan-2012 08:07	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 12:11	Nepa	Updated [Operator, ]
26-Oct-2017 22:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Feb-2019 21:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
20-Mar-2025 19:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Category, ]
20-Mar-2025 19:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, ]