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Date: | Monday 4 November 1940 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
Owner/operator: | 6 AACU RAF |
Registration: | AW123 |
MSN: | 7049 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Little Barrow, 4 miles ENE of Chester, Cheshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ringway, Cheshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:c/no 7049: Registered G-ACPF 3.34 to Wrightson & Pearce, Heston. C of A 4274 issued 27.4.34. Transferred 4.34 to Wrightson Air Hire Ltd, Heston, Middlesex. Name changed 14.12.34 and re-registered [C of R 5717] 19.3.35 to Air Hire Ltd, Heston. Re-registered [C of R 8713] 19.8.38 to John J Hofer, Heston/Denham. Registration cancelled 23.6.40 as sold ('change of ownership of aircraft').
Impressed into military service as AW123 on 23.6.40 and issued to 6 AACU RAF Ringway, Cheshire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4.11.40 when crashed in a forced landing in bad weather at Little Barrow, 4 miles East-North-East of Chester, Cheshire. Struck off charge as Cat. E(FA) 25.11.40.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Haley, Air Britain 2000 p 142)
2.
http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac 3.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACPF.pdf 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html 5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/47 (ORB (Operations Record Book)) of No. 6 A.A.C.U., Ringway and No. 6 A.A.C.U. Detachment June 1940 - November 1943):
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4099754 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow,_Cheshire Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Dec-2017 00:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
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10-Mar-2019 18:36 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
22-May-2019 00:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-May-2019 08:58 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
05-Oct-2022 22:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
05-Oct-2022 22:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Category] |