ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301396
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Date: | Wednesday 18 March 1959 |
Time: | day |
Type: | BA Swallow 2 |
Owner/operator: | J Byrne & Partners |
Registration: | EI-AGH |
MSN: | 488 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Abbeyshrule Airfield, Cloonbrin, Co. Longford -
Ireland
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Abbeyshrule Airfield, Cloonbrin, Co. Longford (EIAB) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:c/no 488: Registered as G-AFHH [C of R 8505] 24.5.38 to Major Alexander Willis Whittet, Weybridge (aircraft based at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey). C of A 6301 issued 4.6.38. Fitted with Cirrus Minor I. Withdrawn from use 4.9.39 and stored by Brooklands when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war. C of A lapsed 2.6.40. Registration cancelled 1.12.46 by Secretary of State.
Registered 11.3.47 to John Alexander Whittet, Weybridge. C of A renewed 15.5.47. Cancelled 18.8.47 and re-registered 27.8.47 to John James Lister, Doncaster. Cancelled 1.8.49 and re-registered 19.8.49 to Frank Lee Haigh, Doncaster. New C of R No R552 issued 1950. Cancelled 1.10.51 and re-registered 12.10.51 to Thomas Munnis Adair, Cookstown, Co Tyrone (aircraft based at Newtownards).
Registration cancelled 12.9.53 as 'sold abroad - Eire'. Re-registered in Eire as EI-AGH 3.12.53 to George Donohue, Leixlip. Registered 3.1.57 to J Healy. Re-registered 4.5.57 to J Byrne & Partners.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Abbeyshrule Airfield, Cloonbrin, Co. Longford 18.4.59. Abbeyshrule Aerodrome is a small private airport located in south-east County Longford, Ireland, near the village of Abbeyshrule, 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 miles) west north-west of Mullingar and beside the River Inny and the Royal Canal. Registration EI-AGH cancelled 12.2.60
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/BK_BAMco.pdf 2.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A10.html 3.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFHH-1.pdf 4.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFHH-1.pdf 5.
https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-af 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbeyshrule_Aerodrome Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Nov-2022 23:53 |
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Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Operator] |
21-Nov-2022 23:54 |
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Updated [Registration, Source, Operator] |
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