ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74722
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| Date: | Friday 15 April 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor |
| Owner/operator: | George Scott Meek |
| Registration: | G-AFNH |
| MSN: | 94023 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Isle of Skye -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Isle of Skye | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered [C of R 8970] on 9.5.39 as G-AFNH to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club Ltd., Newcastle Airport, Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. C of A 66596 issued May 1939. Registration G-AFNH cancelled/lapsed 20.7.39. Sold on and registration restored [C of R 8970/2] 31.7.39 to The Hartlepools & Tees-Side Flying Club, West Hartlepool, County Durham.
Withdrawn from use and stored from 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of WW II. Registration G-AFNH cancelled 10.9.40 as sold ("change of ownership of aircraft").
Impressed into military service as BK839 on 10.9.40 and delivered to 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire. To 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron, RAF Grangemouth 25.10.40. To 46 MU RAF Lossiemouth 30.8.41. To RAF Middleton St George Station Flight 30.6.42. To RAF Driffield 6.10.42. To De Havilland at Witney, Oxfordshire for repairs 2.12.43; to 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 21.3.44. To 7 Air Gunnery School, RAF Stormy Down 22.6.44. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire for long-term storage 2.9.44. Struck of charge when sold 31.1.46 to Newman Aircraft Co Ltd for £200.
Registration restored [C of R 8970/3] on 11.2.46 to Newman Aircraft Co Ltd., London WC.1 (aircraft based at Panshanger, Hertfordshire). Sold on and re-registered [C or R 8970/4] 30.7.46 to Walter Roy Scott, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Registration cancelled/lapsed 23.8.48. Registration G-AFNH restored [C of R 8970/5] 31.8.48 to George Scott Meek, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire
Written off 15.4.49: The aircraft forced landed on the Isle of Skye due to bad weather and was damaged beyond repair. The aircraft was left where it crashed, and the engine only recovered. (Gipsy Minor engine #20169 recovered and used by owner to power compressor; put for sale by Simon Horne, Pirnmill, Isle of Arran in 2010).
Registration G-AFNH cancelled by the Air Ministry 1.5.1949 as "destroyed in forced landing"
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 4/69: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C486026
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFNH-1.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFNH-2.pdf
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH94.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p940.html
Images:
Photo: Iain Meek
1949 by George Meek post crash on Isle of Skye
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2010 03:55 | Petro | Added |
| 08-Mar-2013 18:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2014 19:38 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 23-Feb-2014 19:39 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Feb-2018 12:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 20:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2021 18:37 | iaintsmeek | Updated [Photo] |
| 21-Oct-2022 17:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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