ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206695
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 September 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Piper J-4A Cub Coupe |
| Owner/operator: | Old Sarum SF RAF |
| Registration: | BT441 |
| MSN: | 4-543 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kimpton, near Andover, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire |
First civil registered [C of R 9145/1] on 21.6.39 as G-AFVL to Antony James Walter, Bayswater London W.2 (aircraft based at Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex). C of V180 issued June 1939. Registration G-AFVL cancelled/lapsed 28.6.39
Sold on and registration restored [C of R 9145/2] 15.7.39 to Eric John Noel Bramall, Blandford, Dorset. Registration cancelled/lapsed 14.8.39. Sold on registration restored [C of R 9145/3] on 22.8.39 to The Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd., High Post Aerodrome, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Withdrawn from use and stored at High post, Salisbury, Wiltshire from 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of WW II. Civil registration G-AFVL cancelled 21.11.40 when impressed into military service as BT441
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) 30.9.41 when it suffered engine failure whilst taking off from a field at Kimpton in Hampshire. Losing height, it attempted to fly between two trees on the boundary of the field - but failed to do so. It struck one of the trees and crashed. It was struck off charge the following month as Category W (write off).
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-AFVL.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Sep41.html
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2018 17:32 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Feb-2020 11:17 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Mar-2020 21:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 21:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Mar-2020 10:02 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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