ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200858
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Westland Widgeon IIIa |
| Owner/operator: | Richard Ince |
| Registration: | G-AAFD |
| MSN: | WA1782 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, 4 miles South West of Boulogne -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Berck-sur-Mer Airfield, France (LFAM) |
| Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered as G-AAFD (C of A 3688; C of A 1915) on 12.3.29 to Anglo American Oil Co Ltd., Heston and named "Miss Ethyl". Sold on (and re-registered) to Richard Ince, London EC.2 (aircraft based at Heston) on 24.3.32.
Written off (destroyed) 6.6.33 when ditched into the English Channel, 4 miles South West of Boulogne, France. A contemporary newspaper report gives further details of the incident ("Western Daily Press" - Wednesday 7 June 1933):
"PILOT FORCED INTO CHANNEL.
News was received at Croydon Aerodrome yesterday, that a London air pilot who gave his name Mr John Dennis Turner, made a forced landing in the English Channel, near Boulogne, early yesterday and was rescued by a fishing vessel. Mr Turner was flying from Berck Aerodrome, Le Touquet, to Heston.
Mr John Dennis Turner was the fiance of Mrs Violet Baring, who was killed two years ago in air crash with Mr Philip Noble, a former High Sheriff of Northumberland."
Registration G-AAFD cancelled 2.12.33 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. Western Daily Press - Wednesday 07 June 1933
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1934.htm
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AAFD.pdf
6. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15831.0
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2017 21:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Mar-2020 22:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2020 22:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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