ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202716
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| Date: | Thursday 28 September 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Spartan Three Seater |
| Owner/operator: | Rollason Aviation Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ABWV |
| MSN: | 68 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Little Ponton, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Yapton, West Sussex |
| RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Spartan Three-seater [Hermes II] registered as G-ABWV [C of R 3744] 30.4.32 to Spartan Aircraft Ltd, Somerton, East Cowes, Isle of Wight. C of A 3485 issued 15.6.32. Re-registered [C of R 3814] 6.32 to unknown party. Joined National Aviation Day tour 17.6.32.
Re-registered [C of R 3820] 27.6.32 to Rollason, Muir & Rickard, Yapton. Transferred 12.32 to The Rollason Aviation Co Ltd, Yapton, West Sussex
Written off when crashed into hillside in fog and destroyed by fire at Little Ponton, near Grantham, Lincolnshire 28.9.33; pilot George B Watson of Rollasons was killed. Registration G-ABWV cancelled 12.33 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576722
3. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABWV.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
5. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sim.html
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Dec-2017 00:29 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Jan-2022 11:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 20-Jul-2023 09:44 | Nepa | Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
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