Incident Tipsy B Coupe G-AFEI,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19508
 
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Date:Monday 8 July 1940
Time:
Type:Tipsy B Coupe
Owner/operator:Eric.Darwent Ward
Registration: G-AFEI
MSN: 506
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Hooton Park, Hooton Racecourse, Wirral, Cheshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Standing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:RAF Hooton Park, Hooton Racecourse
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Ex-OO-DOV. First flown 31.12.37. Cancelled from Belgian Register 18.1.38. Registered [C of R 8305] as G-AFEI to Eric Darwent Ward, Wallasey, Cheshire 21.1.38. Withdrawn from use 3.9.39 when all private civil aviation was prohibited due to the outbreak of WW II.

Stored at RAF Hooton Park, Hooton Racecourse, Wirral, Cheshire, until destroyed by fire 8.7.40. Registration formally cancelled 26.9.40 as destroyed.

Sources:

1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFEI.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A10.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hooton_Park#World_War_II

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
01-Jan-2012 20:20 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
08-Feb-2018 18:03 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]

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