ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202553
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| Date: | Thursday 30 August 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 504K |
| Owner/operator: | Lancelot John Rimmer & William Mackay |
| Registration: | G-ABLL |
| MSN: | J8333 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lowton Moor, 7 miles South of Wigan, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Barton City Airport,Liverpool Rd, Eccles, Manchester (ECCB) |
| Hooton Park Aerodrome, Hooton Park, Cheshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Avro 504K J8333 (former RAF serial used by the Air Ministry in lieu of c/no). First registered (C of R 3137) 22.4.31 as G-ABLL to Northern Air Transport Ltd., Barton Aerodrome, Salford, Manchester. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 4616) on 26.7.33 Lancelot John "Pop" Rimmer & William Mackay (registered owners based at Liverpool and Childwall, Wirral, Cheshire; aircraft based at Hooton Park, Cheshire). Aircraft used for joy-riding flights.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30.8.34 when crashed at Lowton Moor, Golborne Urban District, seven miles south of Wigan, Lancashire (at approximate co ordinates 53.471°N 2.569°W). Registration G-ABLL cancelled by the Air Ministry December 1934 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-ABLL.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
4. A Flying Life: An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation By Richard Riding
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2017 16:56 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Oct-2020 15:55 | Sergey L. | Updated [Narrative] |
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