ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200959
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 July 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Westland Widgeon IIIa |
| Owner/operator: | Westland Aircraft Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AAGH |
| MSN: | WA1866 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Merryfield, Ilminster, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Yeovil Aerodrome, Yeovil, Somerset |
| RAF Merryfield, Somset (EGDI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered 15.4.29 as G-AAGH to Westland Aircraft Ltd., Yeovil. Somerset (C of A 2744/C of R 1947). Written off (destroyed) 27.7.48: destroyed by fire after colliding with a hanger at Merryfield Aerodrome, Ilminister, Somerset. The pilot, (Westland Chief Test Pilot Harald Penrose) was slightly injured.
Registration G-AAGH cancelled 27.7.48 (same day) due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft". At the time of the accident G-AAGH, was the last surviving airworthy Westland Widgeon IIIa
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAGH.pdf
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. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?104380-Westland-fixed-wing-aircraft-Surviving-examples&p=1959108#post1959108
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929%20-%200512.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2017 17:26 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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