Incident Piper J-4A Cub Coupe BV988,
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Date:Wednesday 3 June 1942
Time:day
Type:Piper J-4A Cub Coupe
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force (RAF)
Registration: BV988
MSN: 4-554
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Tilshead, Shrewton, 9 miles east of Warminster, Wiltshire, -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire
Destination airport:RAF Tilshead, Wiltshire
Narrative:
First civil registered [C of R 9146/1] on 21.6.39 as G-AFVM to the Ipswich Aero Club Ltd., London W.1 (aircraft based at Ipswich Airport, Ipswich, Suffolk). C of V 181 issued July 1939.

Withdrawn from use and stored at Ipswich Airport from 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of WW II. Civil registration G-AFVM cancelled 27.12.40 when impressed into military service as BV988.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3.6.42 when crashed at RAF Tilshead, Shrewton, 9.3 miles (15.0 km) east of Warminster, 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-AFVM.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/00464.php
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Tilshead
6. http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Shrewton

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2018 17:49 Dr. John Smith Added
03-Feb-2020 11:40 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]

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