ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203522
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| Date: | Sunday 10 August 1941 |
| Time: | 11:40 LT |
| Type: | Avro 641 Commodoare |
| Owner/operator: | FPP ATA |
| Registration: | DJ710 |
| MSN: | 722 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire |
| White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire |
First registered (C of R 5143) on 14.6.34 as G-ACUG to Major John Edward Durrant Shaw, Kirbymoorside, North Yorkshire. C of A 4517 issued June 1934.
Withdrawn from use and stored from 4.9.39 (probably at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire) when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to outbreak of war. Civil registration G-ACUG cancelled 15.2.41 when impressed into military service as DJ710, under file B.50801/39. Reportedly impressed into service with Fairey Aviation Co Ltd as a "hack"/crew ferry, based at White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Later to Ferry Pilots Pool, Air Transport Auxiliary, RAF (still based at White Waltham).
Written off (destroyed) 10.8.41 when crashed after stalling on landing approach, in a 30-degree wind, to White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire, killing the pilot, 2nd Officer Henry Edward Taylor. Rescue crews broke the fuselage to get the pilot out, but the wing had damaged the fuel tank, located behind the pilot, and the petrol was running over the pilots body and into his mouth; sadly, Henry Taylor had sustained multiple fractures and chemical burns, and died in hospital a week later (17.8.41)
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACUG.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
4. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2112512-Avro-641-Commodore
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1247069
6. http://beneaththyfeet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/cemetery-sunday-air-transport-auxiliary.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?5899-Avro-Commodore-DJ710-Lost-10-8(7-)-1941
8. http://www.raf-lichfield.co.uk/ATA%20Casualties.htm
9. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Aug41.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2017 22:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Mar-2019 06:34 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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