Incident Airco DH.9 C6054,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20929
 
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Date:Thursday 1 May 1919
Time:05:30
Type:Airco DH.9
Owner/operator:Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd.
Registration: C6054
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Portsdown Hill, north of Portsmouth, Hampshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Croydon
Destination airport:Bournemouth
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed, whilst performing the first civil flight to be made in a 'civilian' registered aircraft.
Note:Had been allocated registration G-EAAA, but not been taken up at time of accident.

Sources:

British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
Compiled by Michael Austen
Air Britain (Historians) Ltd 1999
ISBN 0 85130 281 5

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Jun-2008 19:52 JINX Added
11-Jun-2008 19:53 JINX Updated
23-Jan-2010 10:49 John Baker Updated [Source, Narrative]
12-May-2019 07:02 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]

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