ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209409
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| Date: | Sunday 24 August 1930 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard |
| Owner/operator: | E.D.A.Bigg |
| Registration: | G-EBMI |
| MSN: | D4295 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard G-EBMI: Ex-RAF D4295 (former RAF serial used by the Air Ministry in lieu of any official c/n). First UK civil registered (C of A 966, C of R 2482) on 22/10/25 to Lionel Richard Edward Bellairs, Burwash, West Sussex (aircraft based at Shoreham, West Sussex). Sold on and re-registered 31/3/30 to E.D.A. Bigg, Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire.
Written off (destroyed) 24/8/30 when dived into the ground following wing flutter on test flight, Woodley. Pilot - Samuel Wilfred Giddy (aged 27) - was killed.
Registration G-EBMI cancelled by the Air Ministry in October 1930 "due to destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. Miles Aircraft Since 1925 by Don L. Brown (Putnam 1970 pages 11-13)
2. Aberdeen Press and Journal Aberdeenshire, Scotland 28 Aug 1930
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EBMI.pdf
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
5. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576640
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E3.html
7. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/82-register-gb-g-eb
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2018 19:01 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 20-Jul-2019 07:13 | Sergey L. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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