ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204946
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| Date: | Monday 8 July 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | BAC Drone |
| Owner/operator: | Joseph Staveley Boumphrey |
| Registration: | G-AEEO |
| MSN: | 15 |
| 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 6830] on 1.4.36 as G-AEEO to C.W.A Scotts Flying Display Ltd., Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex. Sold on and registered [C of R 7460] on 4.11.36 to Joseph Staveley Boumphrey, Hooton Park Aerodrome, Hooton Park, Cheshire.
Withdrawn from use 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war. G-AEEO was stored under the grandstand at Hooton Park Racecourse, Cheshire until the "Great Fire of Hooton Park" on 8.7.40, when up to 19 civilian aircraft that were stored there were destroyed by fire when the Grandstand at Hooton Park burnt down.
Registration G-AEEO cancelled by the Air Ministry 1.8.40 "due to destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft".
NOTE: Some published sources state that G-AEEO was "written off on 23.9.39", but evidence is lacking
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AEEO.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
4. http://www.britishaviation-ptp.com/b/ba_7.html
5. http://oldwirral.net/prenton_aviation.html
6. http://www.briangriffiths.co.uk/tng/getperson.php?personID=I19191&tree=BG_TREE
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2018 18:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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