Incident Avro 504K G-ACAU,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199322
 
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Date:Monday 22 May 1933
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic A504 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro 504K
Owner/operator:E.W. Cox
Registration: G-ACAU
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Epping, Essex -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Kingswood, Surrey
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
On 16.11.32 an Avro 504K, with no discernible military link, was registered to C B (Brian) Field of Kingswood, Surrey, under the marks G-ACAU (C of R 4030). This was the first of three Avro 504Ks that Brian Field had constructed from parts he had acquired from Kent Air Services. (The other two were G-ABSL and G-ACAV).

Less than a month later, the same machine was wrecked in an accident on Monday 22.5.33 at Epping, Essex. It was then in the hands of its new owner Mr E W Cox (although he had not yet re-registered the aircraft in his name).

Registration G-ACAU cancelled by the Air Ministry 7.5.35 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"

Sources:

1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACAU.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.htmll
3. http://britishaviation-ptp.com/avro504k.html
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
5. http://www.brynelliott.co.uk/WESTESSEXcrashesMishaps2Peacetime.pdf
6. http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Kingswood-Knoll

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Sep-2017 17:58 Dr. John Smith Added
12-Dec-2017 01:02 Dr. John Smith Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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