ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204170
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Date: | Friday 31 January 1941 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth |
Owner/operator: | 1 PRU RAF |
Registration: | BK837 |
MSN: | 8082 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire (BEX/EGUB) England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:First registered (C of R 6115) 26.3.36 as G-ADMP to Hon Brian Lewis, Aldenham. C of A 5395 issued April 1936. Sold on and re-registered to Mrs Marian Katherine Wilberforce, Southend, Essex, Sold on and re-registered (C of R 8689) to Squadron Leader Neil Charles Ogilvie Forbes & Mrs Marian Katherine Wilberforce (Undercliffe, Isle of Wight, and Kelvedon, Essex respectively); aircraft based with the Southend Flying Club, Southend Airport, Rochford, Essex.
Withdrawn from use 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war, and stored at Southend, Essex. Civil registration G-ADMP cancelled 10.9.40 when impressed into military service as BK837
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31.1.41 when engine failed on take off from RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Sources:
1.
http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad 2.
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADMP.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p080.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2018 13:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
03-Feb-2020 11:14 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
09-Aug-2021 08:40 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
17-Jul-2023 07:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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