ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202491
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| Date: | Saturday 10 April 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Tomtit |
| Owner/operator: | Edwin Williams |
| Registration: | G-ABII |
| MSN: | 54 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Somerton Airfield, Cowes, Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Somerton Airport, Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 2993) 21.1.31 as G-ABII to The H.G. Hawker Engineering Co Ltd., Brooklands Aerodrome, Brooklands, West Byfleet, Surrey. C of A 2894 issued January 1931. Re-registered (C of R 2993/2) 5.10.46 to Robert Charles Cox, Chobham, Surrey. Sold 31.7.47, and re-registered (C of R 2993/3) 27.8.47 to Edwin Williams, Teddington, Middlesex
Written off (damaged beyond repair) in an accident 10.4.48 at Somerton Airfield, Cowes, Isle of Wight. In an article on Tomtits by Eddie Riding, in the "Aeromodeller" magazine of August 1948 (see link #6), which features a photograph of G-ABII and says of it that it: 'was owned by R.C.Cox at Fairoaks, but it has since suffered damage as a result of an accident in the Isle of Wight'. Details lacking, but presumably the accident was serious, as Registration G-ABII cancelled by the Air Ministry as "destroyed" 10.4.48
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABII.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A2.html
4. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15654.0
5. https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/hawker-tomtit
6. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showatt.php?attachmentid=4212885.
Media:
Hawker Tomtit G-ABII in an air race with DH.80 Puss Moth G-AAYB off the Isle of Wight
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2017 00:49 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 02-Mar-2020 18:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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