ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205820
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Date: | Wednesday 7 May 1941 |
Time: | 00:14 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
Registration: | W9382 |
MSN: | 8145 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Ouston, 1 mile south of Stamfordham, Northumberland, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ouston, Northumberland |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:First registered [C of R 8244] on 3.2.38 as G-AFDF to J. Ellison, Castle Bromwich, Staffordshire. C of A 6182 issued February 1938. Sold on and re-regsitered [C of R 8919] on 30.11.38 to Charles Edward Hickman, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (aircraft based at Wolverhampton (Pendeford) Airport, Wolverhampton).
Civil registration G-AFDF cancelled 24.2.40 when impressed into military service as W9382.
Written off (destroyed) 7.5.41 when destroyed by an incendiary bomb during an air raid on RAF Ouston, one mile south of Stamfordham, Northumberland. Twelve HEs dropped by one enemy aircraft, on the RAF Station, Ouston, Stamfordham. Sixteen RAF personnel slightly injured by splinters and machine gun bullets. Hangar damaged by shrapnel and fire, three planes destroyed by fire, AFS units from Newburn and Gosforth attended. Water mains fractured. After dropping the bombs, plane circled round, came low down and machine-gunned the aerodrome. Planes belonging to the aerodrome were in the process of landing at the time of the occurrence.
The three aircraft destroyed in this raid were DH Hornet Moth W9382 along with Hawker Hurricane Mk.Is V3119 and V6602 of 317 Squadron, RAF.
Sources:
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http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af 2.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFDF.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A10.html 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p081.html 5.
http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Airfields/Histories/Ouston.htm 6.
http://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_18.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Feb-2018 00:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
03-Feb-2020 11:16 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
07-May-2023 09:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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