ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202746
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| Date: | Monday 12 September 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Spartan Three Seater |
| Owner/operator: | John Miskelly |
| Registration: | G-ABWX |
| MSN: | 69 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tinwald Downs Road, Heathhall, near Tinwald Downs, Dumfries -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tinwald Downs, Dumfries |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Spartan Three-seater [Hermes II] registered as G-ABWX [C of R 3760] 31.5.32 to Spartan Aircraft Ltd, Somerton, East Cowes, Isle of Wight. C of A 3497 issued 25.6.32. Delivered 3.9.32 and registered [C of R 4008] 1.11.32 to John Miskelly, Tinwald Downs, Dumfries. (NOTE: Air Ministry records gives the home base of G-ABWX as "Cowes" (sic))
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off from Tinwald Downs, Dumfries 12.9.32; aircraft came down in Tinwald Downs Road, Heathhall, Dumfries. Pilot/owner John Miskelly and passenger John Swan, survived, but badly injured. Registration G-ABWX cancelled 7.11.32 as “sold” ("Change of Owner of Aircraft" per Air Ministry records). Presumed sold for scrap and/or spares.
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABWX.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
4. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sim.html
5. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576696
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-simmonds-spartan-hermes-ii-heathhall
7. http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Tinwald-Downs
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Dec-2017 22:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Dec-2017 22:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2017 22:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2019 20:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 07-May-2020 09:11 | Sergey L. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2022 11:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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