ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202384
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Date: | Monday 8 July 1940 |
Time: | overnight |
Type: | Avro 616 Avian IVM |
Owner/operator: | Grimsby Aviation Ltd |
Registration: | G-ABED |
MSN: | 474 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Avro 616 Sports Avian IVM: Registered as G-ABED [C of R 2784] 7.8.30 to Miss Winifred S Brown, Woodford, Cheshire; named “Jerry” (a gift from Jerry D Siddeley/A.V. Roe & Co Ltd for winning the Kings Cup Air Race). C of A 2692 issued 17.12.30. Re-registered [C of R 6653] 21.1.36 to J.S. Taylor. Re-registered [C of R 7413] 23.10.36 to Ragusa Asphalte Paving Co Ltd, Broxbourne. Re-registered [C of R 8116] 22.9.37 to R.H. Turner. Re-registered [C of R 8882] 14.11.38 to Grimsby Aviation Ltd, Waltham, Lincolnshire.
Withdrawn from use on or about 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war. C of A lapsed 12.2.40 and not renewed. Stored under Hooton Park Grandstand and was one of 19 aircraft destroyed by fire when the grandstand caught alight on 8.7.40. Registration G-ABED cancelled 8.7.40 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft".
Sources:
1.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/avian.pdf 2.
http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab 3.
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABED.pdf 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A2.htmll 5.
http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Jul40.html 6.
http://www.hootonparktrust.co.uk/history2.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Nov-2017 22:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
30-Nov-2017 22:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
30-Nov-2017 22:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
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