ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201614
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| Date: | Sunday 2 September 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Desoutter Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | National Flying Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AATJ |
| MSN: | D.11 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shoreham Airport, Lancing, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shoreham, West Sussex (ESH/EGKA) |
| Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no D.11: Registered as G-AATJ [C of R 2367] 17.1.30 to National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth, Middlesex. C of A 2383 issued 18.1.30. Crashed at Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 17.5.32. Reported as sold [in 1933] to Southern Aero Club, Shoreham; repaired and flown without C of A or re-registration
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2.9.34 when crashed on take off at Shoreham, West Sussex. No fatalities reported.
Registration G-AATJ belatedly cancelled by the Air Ministry on 15.8.45 as "Cancellation by Secretary of State". (Almost 11 years after it crashed...). Note that the cancellation was NOT as part of the Air Ministry's post-war census of surviving pre-war civil aircraft. That took place on 16.9.45 (a month later) with all aircraft affected being cancelled in January 1946.
Sources:
1. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AATJ.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
4. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15644.0
5. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/National%20Flying%20Service.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/Desoutter.pdf
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-desoutter-i-shoreham
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_City_Airport#Inter-war_period
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Nov-2017 16:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 02-Mar-2020 01:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source] |
| 17-Nov-2022 00:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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