ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203070
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 April 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon |
| Owner/operator: | 7 AACU RAF |
| Registration: | X9397 |
| MSN: | 6044 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Odiham, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Odiham, Hampshire |
c/no 6044 (Gipsy Major #5312/5313): To Airwork Ltd for operation in Iraq with C of A 4019 issued 5.9.33. Registered as YI-AAC 9.33 to Iraq Airwork Ltd. Flown on charter by T Neville Stack from Heston to Bombay 17.9.33 arriving 26.9.33, carrying a Harley Street surgeon, his anesthetist and nurse for urgent operation on wife of nephew of Maharajah of Nepal. Returned to UK 22.10.33 [not having been delivered to Iraq] and re-registered G-ACLE [C of R 4478] 31.10.33 to Airwork Ltd, Heston.
Sold 9.35 to Crilly Airways Ltd, Leicester. C of A lapsed 25.4.36. Receiver appointed 9.9.36. Sold c.10.36 to Aircraft Facilities Ltd and/or H Welch, Hooton Park. Registered [C of R 7645] 2.2.37 to North Eastern Airways Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey and Doncaster, South Yorkshire and C of A renewed 10.2.37. Delivered 30.9.37 and re-registered [C of R 8258] 7.12.37 to Allied Airways (Gandar Dower) Ltd, Dyce, Aberdeen; named "Old Bill".
Crashed into stone wall on take-off St Margarets Hope early 1939; to Dyce, Aberdeen for rebuilding. Cancelled 13.5.39 and re-registered 18.5.39 to Western Airways Ltd, Weston-super-Mare. Registration cancelled 2.4.40 as 'sold' ("Change of Ownership of Aircraft").
To 6 AACU RAF Ringway, Cheshire. To 7 AACU RAF Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire 5.5.40 and impressed into military service as X9397 10.5.40; detached to RAF Odiham, Hampshire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8.4.41 when hit by a refuelling tanker vehicle at RAF Odiham, Hampshire. To De Havilland at Witney, Oxfordshire 24.4.41 for repairs but not repaired and struck off charge 12.5.41.
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-ACLE.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
5. G-ACLE at Sumburgh, Shetland 1938: http://photos.shetland-museum.org.uk/view-item?i=29545&WINID=1513558543647
6. Weston Super Mare & the Aeroplane By Ted Johnson
7. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH84.pdf
9. https://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Odiham#Second_World_War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2017 01:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Feb-2020 11:15 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Oct-2022 22:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 05-Nov-2022 00:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2022 13:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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