ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18736
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| Date: | Thursday 16 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 24 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W6424 |
| MSN: | 6326 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Amiens–Glisy Aerodrome, Amiens, Somme department, Picardy -
 France
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Amiens–Glisy Aerodrome, Amiens (LFAY) |
c/no. 6326: Registered G-AEAM [C of R 6642] 22.2.36 to Railway Air Services Ltd, Barton; named "Star of Ulster". C of A 5352 issued 5.5.36. Damaged in forced landing near Bolton, Lancashire, 6.6.36; repaired and returned to service.
Re-registered [C of R 8151] 19.10.37 to Isle of Man Air Services Ltd, Derbyhaven. Operated by 24 Squadron, Hendon from 4.9.39. Registration cancelled 10.1.40 as sold.
Impressed into RAF service as W6424 1.3.40 [serial possibly not used?]; retained by 24 Squadron, RAF Hendon. Damaged in forced landing at St. Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, near Clisson, South East of Nantes, France 23.2.40, when it ran out of fuel en route to Aéroport Château Bougon, Nantes (pilot Flying Officer D.L. Mc Monnies).
To 21 Air Depot Bouguenais for repairs 27.2.40. Presumed repaired and returned to service, since abandoned at Amiens–Glisy Aerodrome, Amiens, Somme department, Picardy 16.5.40 by retreating British Forces.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AEAM.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1203288
4. http://www.airliners.net/photo/isle-of-man-air-services/de-havilland-dh-89-dragon-rapide/1615703
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
7. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Feb40.html
8. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=22844&page=2
Media:
DH.89A W6424 when still in civil use as G-AEAM at Ringway Manchester in 1939:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 18:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2011 16:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2012 12:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Oct-2017 21:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2017 21:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2018 20:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2019 20:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 22-Feb-2019 23:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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