Incident de Havilland DH.60G Moth G-AALK,
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Date:Saturday 3 April 1937
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60G Moth
Owner/operator:Arthur Edward Dobell
Registration: G-AALK
MSN: 1174
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Shankend Railway Station, near Hawick, Roxburghshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Brooklands Aerodrome, Weybridge, Surrey
Destination airport:Perth/Scone Airport, Scone, Perthshire
Narrative:
c/no. 1174: DH.60G [Gipsy I] registered as G-AALK [C of R 2133] 28.8.29 to The Rt Hon Frederick E Guest for use on The Guest Expedition to Africa. C of A 2199 issued 10.9.29. Arrived Nairobi, Kenya 27.10.29. Returned to Hanworth by 4.30, and continued to be operated by Guest's pilot, Miss Winifred Spooner. Fitted with Gipsy II and flown by Winifred Spooner to 4th place (on behalf of Guest) in International Touring Competition, Berlin 7/8.30; Competition No. K8.

Reverted to Gipsy I engine. Sold 7.32 via Brian Lewis & Co, Heston and registered [C of R 4197] 21.2.33 to the Household Brigade Flying Club Ltd, Heston. Registered [C of R 5244] 23.7.34 to Wrightson Air Hire Ltd, Heston.

Re-registered [C of R 5845] 1.5.35 to Arthur Edward Dobell, Wilmslow, Cheshire (later Perth, Tayside) (although the aircraft was based Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey).

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Shankend Railway Station, near Hawick, Roxburghshire 3.4.37. (at approximate Coordinates: 55.3431°N, 2.752°W). Registration G-AALK cancelled same day.

Sources:

1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AALK.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
5. https://baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-shankend
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p011.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankend_railway_station

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Nov-2017 22:09 Dr. John Smith Added
12-Nov-2017 22:10 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
16-Oct-2023 13:30 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Narrative]]

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