ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66797
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| Date: | Sunday 17 June 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | RFD Primary AT |
| Owner/operator: | London Gliding Club |
| Registration: | BGA 114 |
| MSN: | AT.12 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dunstable Downs, Tring Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dunstable Downs, Tring Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
BGA 114: R.F.D. Primary Type A.T.1 (MSN AT.12) Registered 3.6.30 to Bedford Gliding & Flying Club: the club was in operation from around August 1930, with a site and hangar at Wilstead Hill, five miles south of Bedford. From 3.4.31 a new site was used at Woolley Hill, five miles west of Huntingdon. Still in use in September 1932 although the C of A had lapsed in June 1932. Bought by London Gliding Club in November 1933 and flown with a nacelle.
Crashed at Dunstable Downs, Tring Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire 17.6.34 after one of the flying wires failed; Pilot - Louis Adrien Desoutter (aged 34) - died 23.6.34 (one week later) of injuries sustained. Also reported as crashed 11.35, though this may have been the date the BGA updated their records following the earlier accident.
Sources:
1. Sailplane & Glider magazine, July 1934 p.102 & p.105: https://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/Sailplane%20&%20Glider%201930%20-%201955/volume%205%20No.%207Jul%201934.pdf
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2013.pdf
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 76/132/29: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8253883
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
5. https://alles-mit-links.ch/Wordpress/?page_id=394&kennzeichenland=BGA
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Gliding_Club#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2022 17:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 09-Nov-2022 17:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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