ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25182
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 March 1920 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 504K |
| Owner/operator: | Handley Page Ltd.(regd owners) |
| Registration: | G-EAHW |
| MSN: | PL6111 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Southwark Park, Rotherhithe, London -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Cricklewood, London |
| Biggin Hill, Kent (BQH/EGKB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF E3364; civil registered as G-EAHW 07/08/1919. Operated by Aerofilms Ltd (leased from Handley Page). Written off 31/03/1920 when ditched into the boating lake at Southwark Park, Rotherhithe, Southwark, London. Aircraft left Cricklewood for Biggin Hill for an aerial photography mission on behalf of Aerofilms Ltd. En route, pilot encountered technical problems and elected to make an emergency landing in Southwark Park. While both occupants were uninjured, aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Civil registration G-EAHW cancelled in August 1921
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EAHW.pdf
2. http://britainfromabove.org.uk/node/69697/feed
3. http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/home.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark_Park
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1920/archives/crash-of-an-avro-504-in-united-kingdom-15/]
http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/81-register-gb-g-ea
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E.html
Media:
An Aerofilms Ltd plane, the UK's first commercial aerial photographers, crash lands in Southwark Boating Lake, 1920 pic.twitter.com/ZFpXT5vx9c
— PiciScan (@PiciScan) July 14, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-May-2013 21:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2014 06:40 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 06-Jul-2017 17:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2017 17:38 | Sergey L. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
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