Incident Blackburn L.1B Bluebird III G-AABE,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71838
 
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Date:Sunday 22 March 1936
Time:
Type:Blackburn L.1B Bluebird III
Owner/operator:George Hugh Charlton
Registration: G-AABE
MSN: 1450/4
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lichfield, Staffordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
First registered on 7.9.28 as G-AABE to Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Co Ltd. Subsequently sold on (and re-registered to) Suffolk & Eastern Counties Air Club, H Nevard, Ipswich, N.Wiltshire, Rochford, Essex, L.C. Evans, Rochford, Southend on Sea Flying Services Ltd., Aircraft and Autos Ltd., Gravesend, Kent. Finally sold (and re-registered to) George Hugh Charlton, Chilworth on 4.3.36

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Lichfield, Staffordshire on 22.3.1936. Registration G-AABE cancelled by the CAA on 22.3.1936 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"

Sources:

British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
Compiled by Michael Austen
Air Britain (Historians) Ltd 1999
ISBN 0 85130 281 5
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AABE.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
3. http://www.britishaviation-ptp.com/b/blackburn_bluebird.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Jan-2010 10:49 John Baker Added
21-Dec-2012 14:14 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
02-Nov-2017 20:19 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]

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