ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200733
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| Date: | Sunday 14 November 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 81 Gp CF RAF |
| Registration: | AV989 |
| MSN: | 7090 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Sealand, Flintshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
c/no. 7090: First registered as G-ADAP to Alfred Ellison, Castle Bromwich, Staffordshire 2.12.34. Re-registered 17.9.35 [C of R 46] to P.C. Langlands, Nyeri as VP-KBU. Registration cancelled as sold to UK 31.8.36. Registered as G-ADAP 17.11.36 to Wing Commander Frank O. Soden, RAF, DFC, c/o 7 Squadron, RAF Finningley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Civil registration G-ADAP cancelled 20.5.40 upon impressment into military service; military serial AV989 allocated. Initially to 6 CAACU, RAF Ringway, Cheshire 20.5.40. To Station Flight RAF Biggin Hill, Kent 6.5.41. To 56 OTU Sutton Bridge 12.8.41 (later Tealing with effect from 31.3.42). To 81 Group Communications Flight, Worcester 29.4.43 [or possibly 9 GCF?]
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14.11.43 when blown over whilst taxiing at RAF Sealand, Flintshire. To De Havilland at Witney, Oxfordshire for repairs 15.11.43 but repairs abandoned and airframe struck off charge 13.12.43 as Cat.E(FA)
Sources:
1. Royal Aircraft Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 2000 p 151)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADAP.pdf
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2009.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoD_Sealand#Early_history
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Oct-2017 00:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Nov-2018 18:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 21-May-2019 23:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 10:38 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:42 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Oct-2022 16:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 11-Oct-2022 18:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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