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Date: | Sunday 9 September 1934 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Airco DH.9J |
Owner/operator: | Air Service Training Ltd |
Registration: | G-AARS |
MSN: | 398 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Hamble, Hampshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Hamble, Hampshire (EGHM) |
Destination airport: | Hamble, Hampshire (EGHM) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:First registered 26.10.29 (C of R 2286/C of A 2257) as G-AARS to Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd., Whitley, Coventry, Warwickshire. Sold on and re-registered 4.5.31 (C of R 3164) to Air Service Training Ltd., Hamble, Hampshire. One of the D.H.9Js which went to Air Service Training, Ltd., G-AARS, was powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Serval IV radial engine and had Handley Page slots.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9.9.34 when crashed near Hamble, Hampshire. According to some sources "...the pilot fell out [of the aircraft] and parachuted to safety, the aircraft crashed in a field near Hamble...".
Registration G-AARS formally cancelled in October 1934 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. Western Daily Press - Tuesday 11 September 1934
2. De Havilland Enterprises: A History By Graham M. Simon
3. A.J.Jackson (British Civil Aircraft 1919 -1972)
4.
http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa 5.
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AARS.pdf 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html 7.
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1956/1956%20-%200426.PDF 8.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html 9.
http://www.delscope.co.uk/aviation/hamble.htm#CRA Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Nov-2017 00:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
28-Feb-2020 22:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Jun-2023 20:36 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |