ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203011
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 May 1934 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Percival D.2 Gull Four |
| Owner/operator: | Nasir Manesk Gazdar |
| Registration: | G-ACJR |
| MSN: | D.37 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, between Berck-sur-Mer and Hamble, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Berck-sur-Mer Airfield, France (LFAM) |
| Hamble Airfield, Hamble, Hampshire (EGHM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 4440) on 22.8.33 as G-ACJR to Nasar Manesk Gazdar, c/o Air Service Club, Hamble, Hampshire (aircraft based at Hamble).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1.5.34 when crashed into the English Channel. On 1 May 1934 Gull Four G-ACJR left Berck-sur-Mer destined for Hamble Aerodrome, but it did not arrive there as a result of having had to make a forced landing in the English Channel. Both persons on board survived and were rescued (registered owner, Noshir Maneck Gazdar (Indian), and passenger August Stefan Hell (Austrian)). Some of the wreckage of the aeroplane was washed ashore at Berck-sur-Mer on 15 May.
NOTE: Several published sources give the crash date as "2.5.34" (=next day). One source (see link #6) gives the crash location as "18 miles North West of Dieppe [France]"[sic]
Registration G-ACJR cancelled by the Air Ministry 2.12.34 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACJR.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.html
4. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15762.0
5. http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/bleneau/gull/percival_gull.pdf
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1934.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Dec-2017 23:33 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Mar-2020 21:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2020 21:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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