ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233760
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| Date: | Monday 10 April 1972 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Stampe SV.4B |
| Owner/operator: | George W. Brothers & Timothy Evan Jones-Griffith |
| Registration: | G-AXNH |
| MSN: | 185 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, about two miles off Hythe, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Le Touquet – Côte d'Opale Airport, Le Touquet, France (LFAT) |
| Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent (LYM/EGMK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Stampe SV.4B: First civil registered in the UK as G-AXNH (C of R R11151/1) on 29/8/69 to Michael Joseph Coburn and Clewin George Charles Hughes, Loughton Essex and London N13. Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale 10/10/69.
Sold on and re-registered (C of R R11151/2) on 11/11/69 to Gordon Ramsey Ferriman, Mapperley, Nottinghamshire. Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale 9/10/71
Sold on and re-registered (C of R R11152/3) on 22/11/71 to George William Brothers & Timothy Evan Jones-Griffith, Ware, Hertfordshire.
Written off (destroyed) 10/4/72 when ditched into the English Channel, about two miles off Hythe, Kent. A contemporary newspaper report gives further details ("Birmingham Daily Post" - Tuesday 11 April 1972)
"TWO RESCUED
Two people were rescued after a light aircraft crashed into the English Channel about two miles from Hythe, Kent, last night. They were picked up by a coaster and taken to Dover. The two-seater biplane was flying from Le Touquet to Ashford airport, Lympne."
Registration G-AXNH cancelled by the CAA on 21/3/73 as "P.W.F.U." (Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 11 April 1972
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AXNH.pdf
3. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15821.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2020 00:18 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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