ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172989
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| Date: | Sunday 26 February 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Simmonds Spartan |
| Owner/operator: | Frank S Davies & Sydney A Kent |
| Registration: | G-AAMB |
| MSN: | 21 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Thames Estuary off Southend-on-Sea, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Maylands Aerdrome, Romford, Essex |
| Southend Airport, Southend, Essex (SEN/EGMC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Simonds Spartan G-AAMB: registered [C of R 2152] 24.5.29 to National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth, Feltrham, Middlesex. C of A 2079 issued 31.7.29. Re-registered [C of R 2882] 5.11.30 to Alexander Duckham & Co Ltd, Hanworth. Re-registered [C of R 3490] 5.11.31 to Jack Parker, Castle Bromwich, Staffordshire. Re-registered [C of R 3610] 28.2.32 to Capt Edward M.E. Coghlan, High Post, Wiltshire. Re-registered [C of R 4171] 8.2.33 to Wiltshire School of Flying & Country Club Ltd, High Post.Wiltshire. Re-registered [C of R 7301] 27.8.36 to Ronald F Parkinson, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. Re-registered [C of R 8517] 24.5.38 to Frank S Davies & Sydney A Kent, Maylands Aerodrome, Romford, Essex.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when ditched off Southend-on-Sea, Essex 26.2.39. Registration G-AAMB belatedly cancelled as written off due to "accident" 13.9.44. (This is presumed to be a reference to the accident on 26.2.39, and not any later crash; private civilian flying was prohibited on 4.9.39 due to the outbreak of war)
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAMB.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
3. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sim.html
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-simmonds-spartan-southend
6. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sim.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2015 16:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Nov-2017 23:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 20-May-2022 08:22 | Lipatov Sergey | Updated [Source] |
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