ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201258
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| Date: | Sunday 4 September 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Flying Club |
| Registration: | G-AAMO |
| MSN: | 1281 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Port Meadow, Walton Well Road, Wolvercote, Oxford, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire |
| Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire |
DH.60X [Cirrus III] Registered as G-AAMO [C of R 2165] 2.7.30 to National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth, Middlesex. C of A 2630 issued 25.7.30. Operated [by 1932] by Berks, Bucks & Oxon Flying Club, Woodley Aerodrome, Reading, Berkshire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Port Meadow, Walton Well Road, Wolvercote, Oxford, Oxfordshire 4.9.32. The pilot departed Woodley on a local solo flight (Woodley-Kidlington-Woodley). En route, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a prairie located in Port Meadow, in Oxford. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was destroyed. Registration G-AAMO cancelled 2.12.33 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Port Meadow is a large meadow of open common land beside the river Thames to the north and west of Oxford, England. The site was used as a landing ground for the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) from 1916 to 1919, and informally by civil aircraft until at least the end of 1933.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFhbW8iXQ==
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAMO.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
5. https://baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-port-meadow
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p012.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Meadow,_Oxford
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2017 19:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Nov-2023 07:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 24-Jan-2024 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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