ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172994
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| Date: | Monday 31 October 1932 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Simmonds Spartan |
| Owner/operator: | Babar Mirza |
| Registration: | G-AAGO |
| MSN: | 29 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bushire, near Baghdad -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Hyderabad, India | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Simmonds Spartan G-AAGO: registered [C of R 1956] 30.4.29 to Simmonds Aircraft Ltd, Hamble. C of A 2597 issued 26.6.30; fitted with Gipsy II for Kings Cup Air Race. Re-registered [C of R 3207] 5.31 to Flt Lt George H Stainforth, Cowes, Isle of Wight [for 1931 Kings Cup Air Race]. Re-registered [C of R 3413] 8.31 to Miss Pauline Gower, jointly owned with Dorothy Spicer, t/a Air Trips, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Re-registered [C of R 3925] 2.8.32 to Babar Mirza, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire [later Hyderabad, India].
Flown by Babar Mirza 26.10.32 from Croydon, on flight to Hyderabad, India but suffered engine failure en route 31.10.32 and crashed at Bushire, near Baghdad. UK C of A lapsed 4.8.33. Registration G-AAGO cancelled 7.12.33 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/spartan.pdf
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAGO.pdf
4. https://solentaviatrix.wordpress.com/dorothy-spicer/
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
6. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sim.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2015 18:27 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Nov-2017 18:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Mar-2018 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Damage] |
| 21-May-2020 14:08 | Sergey L. | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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