ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206023
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| Date: | Monday 18 October 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Hawker Tomtit |
| Owner/operator: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AFIB |
| MSN: | K1781 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Southampton Airport, Eastleigh, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Southampton Airport, Eastleigh, Hampshire |
Ex-RAF Hawker Tomtit K1871 (former RAF serial used in lieu of any official Hawker c/n). First registered [C of R 8549] on 18.6.38 as G-AFIB to Cyril Vernon Tillett, Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex. C of A 6379 issued June 1938. Sold on and re-registered [C of R 8549/2] on 29.3.39 to Leicestershire Aero Club Ltd., Leicester Airport. Sold on and re-registered [C of R 8549/3] on 4.2.41 to Alex Henshaw, Castle Bromwich. Alex Henshaw was, at the time, the Chief Test Pilot at VACBAF (Vickers Armstrong Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory); used as his personal transport during the early part of the war up until mid 1942
Sold on 29.8.41 and re-registered [C of R 8549/4] to Vickers Armstrong Ltd., Supermarine Works, Hursley Park, Winchester, Hampshire (aircraft based at Southampton Airport, Eastleigh, Hampshire).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when destroyed in a night take-off accident. Registration G-AFIB cancelled due to "notification on 18.10.43". Damaged remains handed over the the local Home Guard for use as a road block.
NOTE: The exact date of the accident is not yet known - the date of "18.10.43" is used by default, as it was the date that the Air Ministry were notified of the loss of G-AFIB, which is not [necessarily] the date of the crash that resulted in its demise
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFIB.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Tomtit#Production_and_service
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2018 01:04 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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