ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65782
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 August 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | GAL Cygnet II |
| Owner/operator: | Tom Francis West Gunton |
| Registration: | G-AFVR |
| MSN: | GAL/42/109 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woerth, Bas-Rhin 67 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kings Lynn, Norfolk |
| Woerth, France | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered 14.6.39 as G-AFVR to General Aircraft Ltd., Feltham, Middlesex. Registration cancelled when impressed into military service as HL539 on 15.11.41. Struck off charge 11.2.46 and civil registration restored as G-AFVR to Newman Aircraft Ltd, London. Re+registered 25.8.48 to John William Wilkinson, Riseley, Bedfordshire. Re-registered 21.4.49 to Tom Francis West Gunton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
Written off 26.8.1969 when crashed at Woerth, a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace, in north-eastern France, 28 miles north east of Strasburg; pilot killed
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AFVR.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1119039/
5. http://farnborough.proboards.com/thread/5968/blackbushe-pics-past?page=5
6: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004052/19690905/012/0002
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2009 12:11 | VHKDK | Added |
| 08-Jan-2014 21:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2015 09:03 | MS | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2022 15:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 01-Sep-2022 14:11 | malcolm_raf | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Source] |
| 01-Sep-2022 14:12 | harro | Updated [Country] |
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