ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201260
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 February 1940 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Romford Flying Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AAMR |
| MSN: | 1280 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maylands Aerodrome, Colchester Road, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Maylands Aerodrome, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex |
c/no. 1280: DH.60X [Cirrus III] registered as G-AAMR [C of R 2167] 2.7.30 to National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth, Middlesex. C of A 2645 issued 18.7.30. Delivered 18.11.30 to (National Flying Services-owned) Yorkshire Aeroplane Club, Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire. Club relocated to Yeadon, West Yorkshire with effect from 1931.
Re-registered [C of R 4565] 27.6.33 to William F Forbes-Sempill, The Master of Sempill, Hanworth, Middlesex, but remained with Yorkshire Aeroplane Club. Sold 5.34 to Yorkshire Airways Ltd and re-registered [C of R 5388] 8.10.34 to a subsidiary company, The Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Ltd, Yeadon, West Yorkshire. Re-registered [C of R 8720] 25.8.38 to Romford Flying Club Ltd, Maylands Aerodrome, Romford, Essex.
Withdrawn from use circa 4.9.39, when all private flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war, and stored at Maylands. Destroyed by fire in Romford Flying Club hangar fire whilst being stored at Maylands 6.2.40. Registration G-AAMR cancelled 7.2.40.
NOTE: The hangar fire at Maylands on 6.2.40 destroyed nine aircraft, including DH.60 Moths G-AAMR and G-AARB along with...
G-ABVI DH 83 Fox Moth
G-ABWO Simmonds Spartan
G-ACHF Spartan Arrow
G-ADXH BA Swallow
G-AEES Hawker Tomtit
G-AETU Gordon Dove
G-AEVD BA Swallow
Maylands Aerodrome closed in 1940 due to the outbreak of war, and the prohibition of all private civilian flying. It never reopened, and is now the site of Maylands Golf Club
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFhbXIiXQ==
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAMR.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
5. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Feb40.html
6. https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/maylands-romford/
7. https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Maylands
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2017 20:15 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Nov-2017 20:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2017 20:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-May-2019 20:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 10-May-2019 20:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 01-Oct-2023 22:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source]] |
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