ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153550
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 December 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Lawrence Aircraft Hire |
| Registration: | G-ABWA |
| MSN: | 2229 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | mouth of River Seine at Le Havre -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Villacoublay, Paris |
| Lympne, Kent [LYM/EGMK] | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Registered G-ABWA [C of R 3709] 4.32 to Francis R Walker, Hanworth, Middlesex (later Hooton Park, Cheshire). C of A 3424 issued 21.4.32. (G-ABWA was the Winner of the Morning Post Air Race, at Heston on 21.5.32 and 5.6.33). To Walker's new company, Brooklands Airways Ltd 2.33. Operated [probably from 3.34 to 8.34] by Olley Air Service Ltd, Croydon.
Registered [C of R 5582] 30.1.35 to Air Commerce Ltd, Heston. Re-registered [C of R 6350] 28.9.35 to Kenneth J Nalson, Croydon. Sold 4.36 and registered [C of R 7002] 9.5.36 to Flying Officer John K Lawrence, t/a Lawrence Aircraft Hire, West Malling, Kent.
Crashed in mouth of River Seine at Le Havre, France 30.12.36 en route Paris-Lympne whilst on hire to [writer] Charles Kennett [pseudonym for Charles K Upjohn-Carter]; no casualties. (G-ABWA had been Hired by Kennett 23.12.36 to collect jewellery from Spanish Nationalist refugees). Wreckage salvaged and believed returned to London. Registration cancelled 31.12.37 as permanently withdrawn from use.
Sources:
1. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABWA.pdf
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh80.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p022.html
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh80a-puss-moth-le-havre
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2013 07:37 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Dec-2017 22:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2019 02:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Apr-2019 02:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Apr-2019 02:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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