ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203524
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| Date: | Sunday 17 June 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Avro 621 Tutor |
| Owner/operator: | Air Pageants Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ACOV |
| MSN: | 95001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stretton, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Burnaston Airfield, Derbyshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 4919) on 21.3.34 as G-ACOV to Air Pageants Ltd., Fenchurch Street, London EC3 (aircraft based at Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey). C of A 4308 issued April 1934
Written off (destroyed) 17.6.34 when wing failed during aerobatics at British Hospitals Air Pageant, Stretton, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Of the two persons on board, one, Cecil Hardy (passenger, aged 36) was killed, and the other, Arthur George Bullmore (pilot) was injured
Registration G-ACOV cancelled December 1934 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://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACOV.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2017 23:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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