ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222306
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| Date: | Monday 5 February 1962 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Fieldair Ltd, Croydon |
| Registration: | G-AMAM |
| MSN: | 6571 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Wymeswold, Loughborough, Leicestershire, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wymeswold, Loughborough, Leicestershire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6571: Taken on charge as X7411 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU RAF Cosford 2.10.41. (2 x Gipsy Queen III engines #70092/70151) To Air Transport Auxiliary, White Waltham 13.10.41. To 271 Squadron, Doncaster 17.3.42. To 24 Squadron, Hendon 6.1.44. To Metropolitan Communications Squadron, Hendon 8.9.44. To De Havilland Witney for maintenance 14.5.45. To A&AEE Communications Flight, Boscombe Down 27.11.45. Damaged in taxying accident at De Havillands Witney 10.2.49; repaired & returned to A&AEE 13.4.49. To 5 MU Kemble 11.1.50 for storage pending disposal.
Sold 31.3.50 to Adie Aviation Ltd. Registered as G-AMAM (C of R 14995) 11.4.50 to Adie Aviation Ltd, Croydon. (CofR No changed to R2869 in 1950) Cancelled 13.3.51 & re-registered 21.3.51 to Martin-Baker Aircraft Co Ltd, Denham. C ofA A2869 issued 29.3.51. Cancelled 12.11.59 & re-registered 24.11.59 to Fieldair Ltd, Croydon [based at RAF Wymeswold, Leicestershire]. C of A lapsed 20.11.60 after one month extension.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when overturned at Wymeswold in gales during the night of 4/5.2.62. Registration G-AMAM cancelled 13.2.62 as destroyed. Remains extant dumped at Wymeswold in 6.62 (see link #3)
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMAM.pdf
3. Dumped wreckage of G-AMAN, June 1962: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1228137
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2019 00:17 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Feb-2019 00:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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