ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201034
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| Date: | Sunday 20 September 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | The Hampshire Aeroplane Club |
| Registration: | G-AAJR |
| MSN: | 1050 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Sea, off Penzance, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Whitchurch Aerodrome, Bristol, Gloucestershire |
| Hamble, Hampshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 1050: DH.60G [Gipsy I] registered G-AAJR [C of R 2076] 28.6.29 to Malcolm Campbell (London) 1927 Ltd, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex. C of A 2102 issued 4.7.29. Registered [C of R 2116] 2.8.29 to The Hampshire Aeroplane Club, Hamble (as a replacement for G-EBOI).
Written off when Lost 20.9.31; The pilot, sole on board, departed Whitchurch Aerodrome, Bristol, Gloucestershire, on a flight to Hamble, Hampshire. Heading to the south, the airplane went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Penzance, Cornwall. SAR operations failed to find any trace of the aircraft and the pilot. Pilot John Courtney Jewell (aged 22) - the sole person on board - presumed killed. Registration G-AAJR cancelled 12.31
Sources:
1. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAJR.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFhanIiXQ==
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1931/1931%20-%200896.PDF [paywall]
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-penzance-1-killed
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penzance
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2017 00:05 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 06-Jan-2024 20:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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