Date:	Friday 29 November 1940
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth
Owner/operator:	9 FPP ATA
Registration:	AW135
MSN:	1900
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Hawarden, Flintshire

Narrative:
DH.60G [Gipsy I] built by DH Technical School Apprentices at Stag Lane between November 1931 and February 1932 from various stock components including the engine originally fitted to G-EBYK. Registered G-ABTS [C of R 3583] January 1932 to The DeHavilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane (for use by Apprentices and students; note "fixed" registration!). C of A 3363 issued 23.2.32.

Crashed on to a house in Whitchurch Gardens, Edgware. Middlesex 22.9.32. Rebuilt by De Havilland students by June 1933 and then used by London Aeroplane Club, Hatfield, with effect from September 1933. Sold in January 1934 to Thomas C Place, Hatfield. Sold April 1934 to Southend Flying Services Ltd; operated by Southend Flying Club, Southend. Re-registered [C of R 5297] 7.8.34. To Henlys Ltd, Heston, Middlesex.

Spun in from 250 feet and crashed at Stallpits Farm, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire 28.10.34; pilot, 2nd Lt W F Fletcher and passenger A G Hamilton killed. Sold for rebuild and registered [C of R 5647] 27.2.35 to Brooklands Aviation Ltd, Brooklands, West Byfleet, Surrey. Re-registered [C of R 6765] 25.2.36 to Brooklands Flying Club Ltd, Brooklands.

Re-registered [C of R 7809] 6.4.37 to Alexander W Whittet, Brooklands. Re-registered [C of R 8691] 10.8.38 to Brooklands Flying Club Ltd, Brooklands (later based at Shoreham, Sussex). Registration cancelled 23.6.40 as sold.

Impressed into military service as AW135 on 23.6.40 (same day) and to 46 MU RAF Lossiemouth. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when overshot on landing at RAF Hawarden, Flintshire 29.11.40, whilst on delivery by 9 FPP ATA (9 Ferry Pilots Pool, Air Transport Auxiliary) to 32 MU St Athan. Probably not repaired and struck off charge 1.4.42.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2000 p 142)
2. 9 FPP ATA ORB for the period 1-11-1940 to 31-1-1941: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/458/5: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7160438
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABTS.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
5. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ab/g-ab-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFidHMiXQ==
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-raf-hawarden
7. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
8. G-ABTS crash 22-9-32: https://www.airteamimages.com/de-havilland-moth_G-ABTS_-private_144441.html
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p019.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawarden_Airport#History

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

28 October 1934

G-ABTS

Henlys Ltd

2

Stallpits Farm, Stallpits Lane, Shrivenham, Berkshire

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Aug-2008 23:17	Anon.	Added
17-Jan-2012 13:58	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
14-Oct-2013 00:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
21-Jan-2014 02:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
09-Jun-2015 09:41	Angel dick one	Updated [Location, Departure airport]
15-Aug-2017 22:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
19-Nov-2018 20:32	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
22-May-2019 00:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
26-May-2019 04:32	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]
29-Sep-2023 19:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator]]