ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202355
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| Date: | Saturday 15 July 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | The Cotswold Aero Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ABBV |
| MSN: | 1276 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Deans Farm, Brockworth, near Churchdown, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
DH.60G [Gipsy I] registered as G-ABBV [C of R 2693] 30.6.30 to Lt Col George L.P. Henderson, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (who was killed 21.7.30) and aircraft probably not delivered due to death of intended owner. Re-registered [C of R 2762] 26.7.30 to Hugh Cahill, t/a Iona National Air Taxis & Flying School, Baldonnel, Dublin. C of A 2599 issued 26.7.30. Registration cancelled September 1931 as sold abroad.
Re-registered in Ireland as EI-AAK on 22.8.31 to Iona National Airways, Kildonan (which had been formed by Hugh Cahill and J.C. Malone in February 1931). Re-registered 2.12.33 to Lady Cathleen Nelson, t/a Everson Flying Services, Kildonan. Re-registered 22.3.35 to Dublin Air Ferries Ltd, Kildonan.
Irish Registration EI-AAK cancelled 2.3.36. Returned to UK 7.4.36. UK registration G-ABBV restored 17.4.36. C of A renewed 4.6.36. Registered [C of R 7115] 10.6.36 to Malcolm & Farquharson Ltd, Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex. Re-registered [C of R 7234] 5.8.36 to Frederick W. Denew, Hatfield. Hertfordshire. Re-registered [C of R 8154] 20.10.37 to Witney & Oxford Aero Club Ltd, Witney, Oxfordshire. Re-registered [C of R 8683] 8.8.38 to The Cotswold Aero Club Ltd, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Written off (destroyed) when stalled and spun into the ground at Deans Farm, Brockworth, near Churchdown, Gloucestershire 15.7.39; pilot Charles Henry Pitt (aged 31) killed. The pilot, sole person on board, departed Cheltenham on a private flight. En route, the airplane went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in a pasture in Brockworth.
Registration G-ABBV cancelled 24.8.39 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ab/g-ab-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFiYnYiXQ==
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABBV.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A2.htmll
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-brockworth-1-killed
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_EI-.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockworth
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2017 17:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 30-Sep-2023 18:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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