ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18842
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 February 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax C.8 |
| Owner/operator: | Bond Air Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AIOI |
| MSN: | 1327 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tegel Airport, Berlin -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Schleswigland RAF Station (ETNS) |
| Berlin/Tegel Airport (TXL/EDDT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Halifax C.VIII PP243: first civil registered (C of R 10854/1) as G-AIOI to C.L. Air Surveys Ltd., London (but based at Ringway, Manchester) on 4.11.1946 (C of A 8832). Sold on and re-registered (C of R 10854/2) to Bond Air Services Ltd., Gatwick Airport on 10.3.1947.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15.2.1949: After touchdown at Berlin-Tegel Airport, the left main gear partially collapsed. The aircraft veered off runway and came to rest. There were no casualties to the crew of four but the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.
Registration G-AIOI cancelled by the CAA 15.2.1949 (same day as the accident)
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999/Compiled by Michael Austen. Air Brtiain
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp70-halifax-viii-berlin-2
3. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AIOI.pdf
4. http://halifax346et347.canalblog.com/archives/les_halifax_ii_v_iii_vi_et_vii_/index.html
5. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205027227
6. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205027228
7. https://avaluer.com/to/4544118-handley_page_halifax_g___aioi_vintage_photograph.html
8. http://saadonline.uk/archives/908
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2010 10:49 | John Baker | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2010 11:42 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2012 11:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2014 16:56 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2014 16:59 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Mar-2017 14:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2017 14:42 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 23:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2022 00:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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