ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163395
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 October 1936 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Witney & Oxford Aero Club |
| Registration: | G-EBZP |
| MSN: | 681 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Witney Aerodrome, Burford Road, Witney, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Witney Aerodrome, Burford Road, Witney, Oxfordshire |
DH.60X [Cirrus II] registered as G-EBZP [C of R 1689] 14.7.28 to The Hon David F Tennant, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex. C of A 1522 issued 28.7.28. Registered [C of R 3022] 7.2.31 to Major Norman E Holden, Norton Priory, near Chichester, West Sussex.
Re-registered [C of R 3489] 11.11.31 to Commander Charles E Lambe RN, Shaftesbury, Dorset [but based at Hamble, Hampshire]. Registration cancelled 31.1.33 as sold. Re-registered [C of R 4261] 16.3.33 to G Stamford, Thirsk, North Yorkshire and possibly operated by Scarborough Aero Club.
Possibly the DH.60 bought 5.11.33 by John K Lawrence, Wilmington [possibly re-registered to him 1.34]. Re-registered [C of R 5184] 26.6.34 to Witney & Oxford Aero Club Ltd, Witney, Oxfordshire.
Destroyed in deliberate hangar fire Witney 27.10.36 (the same hangar fire which also destroyed DH.60X Moth G-EBLT). Registration cancelled 9.11.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Witney Airfield closed in 1949. Now an industrial estate, just South of the B4047, about 0.5 nautical mile North of the modern A40 bypass, about 1 nautical mile E of Minster Lovell and about 1.5 nautical mile West-North-West of Witney town centre.
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBZP.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E4.html
3. http://lightmoor.co.uk/view_book.php?ref=ARCH77
4. https://email.ipage.com/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/82-register-gb-g-eb
5. http://www.nzaviationpress.co.nz/chapter.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witney
7. https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/witney/
8. https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Witney
9. https://issuu.com/nikstanbridge/docs/witney_s_forgotten_airfield
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2014 22:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Oct-2023 16:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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