ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200727
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| Date: | Monday 8 June 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.2 Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | Major R.H. Thornton |
| Registration: | G-ADIG |
| MSN: | 204 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Jedla, Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysočina Region -
 Czech Republic
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Berlin-Templehof Airport, Berlin, Germany (THF/EDDI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered 31.5.35 to Major Ronald Hobhouse Thornton. Liverpool (and based at Speke). C of A 4901 issued same day. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8.6.36 when engine torn out by prop failure; crashed into wood, near Jedla, Bohemia (then in Czechoslvakia, now the Czech Republic) while en route between Budapest, Hungary, and Berlin, Germany.
Jedlá is a village and municipality (obec) in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic (at approximate co ordinates 49°44′6″N 15°14′0″E). Pilot, Major Ronald Hobhouse Thornton and passenger Mrs Dorothy Thornton unhurt
Registration G-ADIG cancelled by the Air Ministry 2.12.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADIG.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
3. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2017 22:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 30-Oct-2017 22:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Oct-2017 23:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2017 23:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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