Incident Kassel 25 BGA 168/2,
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Date:Thursday 30 June 1938
Time:day
Type:Kassel 25
Owner/operator:Ulster Gliding Club
Registration: BGA 168/2
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Magilligan, northwest of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Magilligan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
BGA 168 (the 2nd) Kassel 25: Built by Fieseler, Kassel. Syndicate-owned at Ulster Gliding Club, and first flown at Magilligan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on 1.4.34 by Jack Mackie. Still flying in June 1935, but no record after this. (An apparently unrelated and unregistered Kassel 25 was active at Dunstable in 1938.)

Magilligan (from Irish: Ard Mhic Giollagáin, meaning 'Magilligan's height') is a peninsula that lies in the northwest of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, at the entrance to Lough Foyle, within Causeway Coast and Glens district.


Sources:

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2013.pdf
2. https://alles-mit-links.ch/Wordpress/?page_id=394&kennzeichenland=BGA
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magilligan

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Nov-2022 19:27 Dr. John Smith Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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