ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202974
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| Date: | Friday 2 July 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Avro 640 Cadet |
| Owner/operator: | John Ellis Munro Williams |
| Registration: | G-ACFU |
| MSN: | 646 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leigh, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 4265) on 12.4.33 as G-ACFT to The Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd., East Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Lothian (aircraft based at Moorpark Aerodrome, Renfrew). C of A 3896 issued later in 1933.
Sold on and re-registered to Tom Campbell-Black, Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex. Sold on and re-registered (C or R 7720) 1.3.37 to John Ellis Munro Williams, Leeds, West Yorkshire (aircraft based at Hayling Island, Hampshire).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2.7.37 when crashed at Leigh, Lancashire. Registration G-ACFU cancelled by the Air Ministry 15.8.45 ("Cancellation by Secretary of State") after the Air Ministry's 1945 Census of surviving pre-war aircraft.
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACFT.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.htmll
4. https://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-128-601-C
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2017 22:09 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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