ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18997
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 February 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Short S.16 Scion 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Lundy & Atlantic Coast Air Lines |
| Registration: | G-AETT |
| MSN: | PA.1005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barnstaple & North Devon Aerodrome, Barnstaple, Devon -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Barnstaple & North Devon Aerodrome, Barnstaple, Devon |
| Lundy Island, Bristol Channel |
First regsitered [C of R 7663] on 1337 as G-AETT to Pobjoy Airmotors & Aircraft Lt., Rochester, Kent. C of A 5878 issued March 1937. Sold on and re-registered [C of R 7663/2] on 31.8.39 to Clive Air Enterprises Ltd., Regent Street, London W.1 (aircraft based at Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex and Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland)
Leased by (but not re-registered to) Lundy & Atlantic Coast Air Lines, and operated a scheduled service between Barnstaple & North Devon Aerodrome, Barnstaple, Devon, and Lundy Island.
Upon the outbreak of WWII, on 3.9.39 services appear to have been maintained until the spring of 1940 when Scion G-AETT was lost in a crash at Barnstaple, followed by the impressment of G-ACUW into the RAF in May. Thereafter the airstrip fell into disuse for almost a decade; its only claim to fame being the crash landing of a Heinkel 1-11 bomber (IG+AL, 1/KG27, based at Tours) on 3rd March, 1941, and the capture of its crew. Boyd became a flying instructor with the RAF and his company continued in existence throughout the war as a government contractor repairing damaged Tiger Moths.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take off 13.2.40 at Barnstaple & North Devon Aerodrome, Barnstaple, Devon while operating a cargo and mail flight to Lundy Island. Registration G-AETT cancelled by the Air Ministry 14.3.40 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-short-s16-scion-barnstaple
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AETT.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A9.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Scion
5. http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Chivenor
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
7. http://www.devonstrut.co.uk/download/i/mark_dl/u/4007446039/4529906278/NL1205%20for%20web.pdf.
8. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Feb40.html
9. http://www.rfrajola.com/Drews2/Drews2.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-May-2008 13:49 | JINX | Updated |
| 26-Jan-2014 00:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2014 17:07 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 20:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2018 19:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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