ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203652
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| Date: | Monday 8 July 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Miles M.2 Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | Stanley B Wilmont |
| Registration: | G-ACYA |
| MSN: | 105 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire |
First registered (C of R 5342) on 10.9.34 as G-ACYA to H.J. Hardy, Barton Aerodrome, Barton, Salford, Lancaashire. C of A 4501 issued October 1934. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 8473) on 23.4.38 to Stanley B Wilmont, Ludlow, Shropshire.
Withdrawn from use and stored at Hooton Park Aerodrome from 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war. G-ACYA was one of a number of private civilian aircraft that were destroyed on the "Great Fire of Hooton" on 8.7.40. The Grandstand at Hooton Park Racecourse, where G-ACYA and a number of other withdrawn from use civilian aircraft were stored, burnt down, destroying this aircraft and several others.
Registration G-ACYA cancelled by the Air Ministry 7.10.40 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACYA.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Dec-2017 23:30 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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