ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202575
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| Date: | Thursday 10 November 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Herts & Essex Aero Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ABOV |
| MSN: | 1868 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Crundale, near Wye, Ashford, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Broxbourne Aerodrome, Nazeing, Essex |
DH.60G [Gipsy I] registered as G-ABOV [C of R 3349] 11.8.31 to Charles O Powis and operated by Reading Aero Club, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire. C of A 3161 issued 13.8.31. Re-registered [C of R 3496] 11.31 to Harold C Smith, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire.
Sold (by 6.34) [possibly by 7.32?] to Arthur Allen, Broxbourne, Nazeing, Essex. Re-registered [C of R 8246] 2.12.37 to Arthur Martin-Leake, Broxbourne. Operated by Herts & Essex Aero Club.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed in field and destroyed by fire in foggy weather near Crundale, near Wye, Ashford, Kent 10.11.38; pilot Jayant Pathare (Indian national, aged 23) was killed. Registration G-ABOV cancelled 10.11.38 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft" (after 1938 census by Air Ministry)
Crundale is a mostly rural village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent in southeast England. The village covers a section of one of the dual escarpments of the North Downs at this point, about halfway between Ashford and Canterbury.
Sources:
1. Daily Herald - Friday 11 November 1938
2. Faversham News - Saturday 19 November 1938
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ABOV.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p018.html
7. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
8. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=16643.0
9. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ab/g-ab-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFib3YiXQ==
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crundale,_Kent
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2017 22:26 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Mar-2020 00:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2023 08:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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