ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202544
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| Date: | Monday 8 July 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Spartan Arrow |
| Owner/operator: | Eric Darwent Ward |
| Registration: | G-ABKL |
| MSN: | 76 |
| 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 |
Spartan Arrow [Gipsy I] G-ABKL first registered [C of R 3093] 31.3.31 to Bristol & Wessex Aeroplane Club Ltd, Whitchurch, Bristol, Gloucestershire. C of A 2976 issued 4.4.31 and delivered same day. Re-registered [C of R 4000] 10.32 to Captain William Heathcoat-Amory, Hamble, Hampshire [later based at Whitchurch, Bristol].
Re-registered [C of R 7501] 1.12.36 to Eric Darwent Ward, Wallasey, Cheshire (aircraft based at Hooton Park Aerodrome, Hooton Park, Cheshire). Withdrawn from use 4.9.39 when all private flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war, and stored at Hooton Park. C of A lapsed 23.10.39 and not renewed
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when destroyed by fire in the "Great Fire of Hooton Park" on 8.7.40. (G-ABKL was one of 19 aircraft stored beneath the Grandstand of Hooton Park Racecourse, all of which were destroyed by fire on the date). Registration G-ABKL cancelled 26.9.40 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABKL.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A2.html
4. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sim.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2017 14:19 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Jan-2022 10:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Nov-2023 05:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
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