ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206684
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| Date: | Thursday 24 June 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Piper J-4A Cub Coupe |
| Owner/operator: | Antony James Walter |
| Registration: | G-AFVF |
| MSN: | 4-586 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gatwick Airport, Lowfield Heath, Horley, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gatwick Airport, Lowfield Heath, Horley, Surrey |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered [C of R 9139] on 4.7.39 as G-AFVF to Ipswich Aero Club Ltd., London W.1 (aircraft based at Ipswich Airport, Ipswich, Suffolk). C of V.185 issued July 1939.
Withdrawn from use and stored at Ipswich from 4.9.39, when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of WW II. Civil registration G-AFVF cancelled 16.1.41 when impressed into military service as BV991. Reportedly issued to 1424 Flight RAF, which later (from October 1943) became 43 OTU, based at RAF Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Civil registration G-AFVF restored [C of R 3139/2] on 12.10.46 to Ernest Gareth Fidler Lyder, London NW.10. Registration G-AFVF cancelled/lapsed 21.7.47 and restored the next day (22.7.47) to Antony James Walter, Dorking, Surrey (aircraft based at Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey). (C of R 3139/3)
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24.6.48 when crashed at Gatwick Airport, Lowfield Heath, Horley, Surrey. Registration G-AFVF cancelled same date (24.6.48) due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. Weston-Super-Mare and the Aeroplane by Roger Dudley, Ted Johnson
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFVF.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/00464.php
6. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15781.0
7. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/warbirdsforum/piper-grasshoppers-in-the-raf-t1068.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2018 15:29 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-Mar-2020 00:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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