ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63714
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| Date: | Thursday 16 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 24 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P1764 |
| MSN: | 6421 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France |
c/no.6421: Tested by DeHavilland Aircraft in September 1938 with experimental Dowty levered suspension undercarriage. As such flown with "Class B" registration as "E.9". Converted to Military DH.89 Dominie for RAF and Taken on charge as P1764 on 29.11.38 by 24 Squadron, RAF Hendon under Contract No 808642/38.
Damaged by enemy aircraft during an air raid at Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France in north-central France, 16.5.40 and abandoned. Struck off charge 3.6.40
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=22844
3. http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/De_Havilland_DH-89_Dragon_Rapide
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p064.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 20-Jul-2009 22:07 | angels one five | Updated |
| 23-Jan-2010 09:23 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2012 08:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2012 12:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Oct-2017 21:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2017 21:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2019 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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