Incident Comper CLA.7 Swift G-ABWE,
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Date:Sunday 19 March 1939
Time:day
Type:Comper CLA.7 Swift
Owner/operator:Charles Henry Tutt
Registration: G-ABWE
MSN: S.32/7
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ljubljana -   Slovenia
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Ljubljana, Slovenia
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
First Registered as G-ABWE [C of R 3723] 18.4.32 to The Hon Brian Lewis, t/a Brian Lewis & Co Ltd, Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex. C of A 3448 issued 9.5.32. Re-registered [C of R 3819] 6.32 to Richard Ormond Shuttleworth of Warden Aviation Co, Heston Aerdrome, Heston, Middlesex. Re-registered [C of R 6238] 24.8.35 to Stanley T Lowe, Hanworth Aerdrome, Hanworth, Middlesex [later at Abridge, Essex]. Re-registered [C of R 8577] 24.6.38 to Charles Hentry Tutt, London SE.10 (aircraft based at Gravesend Aerodrome, Gravesend, Essex).

To OO [District Committee] Ljubljana winter 1938/39, but no change of registration reported. Written off (Damaged beyond economic repair) when crashed on take off from Ljubljana, Slovenia 19.3.39. Registration cancelled as sold ("change of owner of aircraft") 4.5.39 but believed broken up and used for spares.

Sources:

1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABWE.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000326019.html
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1310783

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Dec-2017 22:32 Dr. John Smith Added
08-Dec-2017 22:36 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator]
10-Dec-2017 23:08 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator]

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