ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25039
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 September 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Marshalls Flying School |
| Registration: | G-EBYZ |
| MSN: | 801 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fen Ditton, 4 miles from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Cambridge Airport, Teversham, Cambridgeshire |
c/no. 801: DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I] registered G-EBYZ [C of R 1671] 18.7.28 to Air Taxis Ltd, Stag Lane. C of A 1519 issued 18.7.28. Winner of Kings Cup Air Race 21.7.28 (race number "7") flown by Capt. W Lawrence Hope (Managing Director of Air Taxis). Re-registered [C of R 2364] 1.1.30 to Marshalls Automobile Engineers, t/a Marshalls Flying School, Fen Ditton, Cambridge. Took part in 1930 Kings Cup Air Race on 5.7.30 (race number "3") with new owners, piloted by Arthur G.G. Marshall
Written off 20.9.32: Crew was forced to make an emergency landing in Fen Ditton, some 4 miles from Cambridge Airport. Aircraft crashed and was destroyed. Both occupants were injured.
Fen Ditton is a village on the northeast edge of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. The parish covers an area of 5.99 square kilometres (2 sq mi). Fen Ditton lies on the east bank of the river Cam, on the road from Cambridge to Clayhithe, and close to junction 34 of the A14.
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/14/C230: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576698
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBYZ.pdf
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVienUiXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E4.html
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-fen-ditton
7. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
8. Kings Cup 1928: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/pioneering-women/kings-cup-1928?highlight=WyJnLWVieXoiXQ==
9. Kings Cup 1930: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/pioneering-women/kings-cup-1930?highlight=WyJnLWVieXoiXQ==
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fen_Ditton
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Dec-2013 01:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2017 16:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2020 11:57 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Nov-2023 20:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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