ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204893
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| Date: | Monday 13 March 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 504N |
| Owner/operator: | Publicity Planes Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AEDD |
| MSN: | K1823 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Calderfields Farm, Aldridge Road, Walsall, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Walsall Municipal Aerodrome, Walsall, Staffordshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Avro 504N K1823 (former RAF serial used in lieu of any official c/n). First registered [C of R 6990] on 4.5.36 as G-AEDD to Plane Advertising Ltd., Stapleford, Abridge, Essex. C of A 5429 issued May 1936. Sold on and re-registered [C of R 8486] on 5.5.38 to Publicity Planes Ltd., Fleet Street, London EC.4 (aircraft based at Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13.3.39 when hit fence and crashed in a forced landing, after engine failure, at Calderfields Farm, Aldridge Road, Walsall, Staffordshire. Of the two crew, passenger Harold Vinter was injured, but pilot Captain Vincent N Dickinson was unhurt
Registration G-AEDD belatedly cancelled by the Air Ministry 3.7.46 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft". The Air Ministry record card also notes "crashed 13.3.39".
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AEDD.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2018 20:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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