Incident Airspeed AS.6A Envoy G-ADCA,
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Date:Friday 28 August 1936
Time:day
Type:Airspeed AS.6A Envoy
Owner/operator:W.A. Rollason (Rollason Aircraft Services) Ltd
Registration: G-ADCA
MSN: 36
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Alès, Gard department, Occitanie region, Southern France -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:LeBourget Airport, Paris, France (LBG/LFPB)
Destination airport:Barcelona, Spain
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
First Registered as G-ADCA [C of R 5576] 1.2.35 to Airspeed [1934] Ltd. C of A 4804 issued 2.5.35. Re-registered [C of R 5910] 25.5.35 to Portsmouth Southsea & IoW Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Bought by W.A. Rollason (Rollason Aircraft Services) Ltd., Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey on behalf of Office Generale de l'Air [OGA] for Spanish Republicans. Flown Heston-Croydon 20.8.36 and on to Paris [by Rollason] 21.8.36 on delivery

Written off (destroyed) when crashed and near Alès, Gard department, Occitanie region, Southern France, 28.8.36 en route Barcelona.

Sources:

1. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADCA.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/airspeed_prewar.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Jan-2018 21:17 Dr. John Smith Added
13-Apr-2019 21:31 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source]

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