ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206144
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| Date: | Friday 30 July 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival Q.6 Petrel |
| Owner/operator: | 24 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9363 |
| MSN: | Q.32 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hendon, Middlesex |
| RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire |
First registered [C of R 8764] on 24.9.35 as G-AFKG to Lebbeus Anthony Hordern, London W.1 (aircraft based at Hatfield Aerodrome, Hatfield, Hertfordshire). C of A 6411 issued October 1935.
Civil registration G-AKFG cancelled 31.3.40 when impressed into military service as X9363. Issud to 24 quadron, RAF Hendon. Flt Lt S A Stevenson flew Lord Cherwell, Churchill’s scientific advisor, and most important VIP, in Percival Q.6 X9363, to RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, after only 11 flights as pilot and a total of 16 and a half hours in the air.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30.7.43 when crashed on approach to RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire
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-AFKG.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. https://the24sec.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/aircraft-operated-by-xxiv-sqn-from-the-outbreak-of-wwii-until-the-fall-of-france/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2018 22:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Nov-2018 15:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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