ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24930
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 December 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon |
| Owner/operator: | Southern Airways |
| Registration: | G-ACJT |
| MSN: | 6043 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset |
| Cardiff, South Glamorgan | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 6043 (Gipsy Major #5300/5301): Registered as G-ACJT [C of R 4442] 24.8.33 to Norman Edgar, Whitchurch and operated by Norman Edgar (Western Airways) Ltd, [company formed 7.9.33]. C of A 4011 issued 26.8.33. Re-registered [C of R 5876] 16.5.35 to Norman Edgar (Western Airways) Ltd; moved to Weston-super-Mare 5.36. Name changed to Western Airways Ltd 18.10.38. Registration cancelled 9.2.39 and re-registered 14.2.39 to [associate] Southern Airways Ltd, Weston-super-Mare, but continued to be operated by Western Airways Ltd. Loaned to 24 Squadron 7.10.39 until 11.11.39.
On 20.12.1939, shortly after take off from Bristol-Filton Airport, the pilot encountered an hazardous situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing in a field located in Weston-Super-Mare. According to published sources (see link #5)
"WESTON AIR FATALITY
Pilot Killed in Civil 'Plane Crash
A 'plane belonging to Western Airways had just taken 'off at Weston-super-Mare. Somerset, yesterday for Cardiff, when It was seen to be falling. The machine crashed on the edge the flying field and the pilot, Mr Leslie Ivor Arnott, who was the only occupant, received injuries, from which he died in hospital. This is the first fatal accident since Western Airways started their cross-Channel air ferry service between Weston and Cardiff some four years
Death registered first quarter 1940 (between 1.1.1940 and 31.13.1940) at Weston-Super-Mare aged 35"
Registration cancelled 2.12.39 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACJT.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
3. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Dec39.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh84-dragon-i-weston-super-mare
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?15143-Flt-Lt-Deacon
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH84.pdf
7. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.html
9. https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Flimston-Down
10. https://the24sec.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/the-aircraft-flown-by-24-squadron-word.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Dec-2011 18:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2011 05:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2017 23:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2017 23:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2017 23:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2018 00:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Jun-2018 00:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Oct-2022 22:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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