ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16134
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| Date: | Sunday 3 September 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Airspeed AS.46 Oxford I |
| Owner/operator: | Airspeed (1934) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AFVS |
| MSN: | 83 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | on board the s.s. Athenia, en route Belfast-Montreal -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Montreal, Canada | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.83: Airspeed AS.46 Oxford - Registered G-AFVS 17.6.39 to Airspeed [1934] Ltd. CofA 6666 issued 30.6.39. Registration cancelled as "sold abroad" 9.8.39. To Canada for winterisation trials. Reported lost at sea on SS Athenia, which was sunk by a U-boat in the North Atlantic on 3.9.39 en route Belfast-Montreal. (G-AFVS was crated up as deck cargo aboard this ship).
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFVS.pdf
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20prewar.pdf
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://britishaviation-ptp.com/id108.html]
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Athenia_(1922)#Loss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2008 07:15 | JINX | Added |
| 13-Dec-2011 09:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2011 09:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 13-Dec-2011 09:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Dec-2011 10:59 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Jun-2017 19:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2017 19:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Feb-2018 18:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
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