ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22314
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 8 AACU RAF |
| Registration: | AV986 |
| MSN: | 7060 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lords Seat, Rushup Edge, Peak District, Derbyshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rushup Edge, Peak District, Derbyshire |
| RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
First registered (C of R 5022) 28.5.34 as G-ACRV to F.E. Clifford, Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex. C of A 4325 issued June 1934. Sold on and re-registered to Lord M.A. Douglas-Hamilton, Hamble, Hampshire. Sold on and re-registered (C of A 8644) on 18.7.38 to Marshalls Flying School Ltd., Cambridge Airport, Teversham, Cambridge.
UK Civil registration G-ACRV cancelled when impressed into military service 12.5.40 as AV986. To 110 (AAC) Wing, RAF Ringway, Chesire 17.5.40. To 8 AACU RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire 27.5.40. Damaged in ground loop on landing, RAF Ringway 4.6.40; to DH Witney, Oxfordshire 14.6.40 for repairs. To 48 MU RAF Hawarden, Chester 25.8.40. To 1 FPP White Waltham 18.12.40 but probably used by 5 FPP, Hatfield.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4.6.40 when aircraft blown into a wall by a sudden gust of wind on takeoff and undercarriage collapsed, on the 550 metre (1,804 feet) Round Barrow of Lords Seat, Rushup Edge, near Chapel-en-le-Frith, Peak District, Derbyshire.
Recovered to DH Witney, Oxfordshire, for possible repairs; repairs abandoned and airframe struck off charge as Cat. E(FA) 21.9.41.
Rushup Edge is a ridge in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. The ridge's highest point is Lord's Seat at 550 m (1,804 ft), while Mam Tor lies beyond its eastern end, at the western end of the Great Ridge. Lord's Seat is the site of a round barrow
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2000 p 151)
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACRV.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
6. http://www.stevelewis.me.uk/page17.php
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2008.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rushup_Edge
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2008 23:16 | Anon. | Added |
| 23-Jan-2012 03:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 18-Mar-2013 00:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2017 23:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2019 23:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2022 23:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 07-Oct-2022 23:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2022 20:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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