ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203579
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| Date: | Friday 1 November 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Short S.16 Scion 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 6 AACU RAF |
| Registration: | AV981 |
| MSN: | S.775 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rode Hill, Ringway (Manchester) Airport, Cheshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ringway, Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) |
Second production Short S.16 Scion (G-ACJI was the prototype, and G-ACUV was the first production example). First flown at Rochester 18.8.33. First registered (C of R 5167) on 26.6.34 as G-ACUW to Short Bros (Rochester & Bedford) Ltd., Rochester Aerodrome, Rochester, Kent. C of A 4480 issued July 1934. Sold on and re-registered to R.T. Boyd, Barnstaple. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 8921) on 30.11.38 to Lundy & Atlantic Coasts Air Lines Ltd., Barnstaple, Devon.
Upon the outbreak of WWII, services appear to have been maintained until the spring of 1940 when Scion G-AETT was lost in a crash at Barnstaple, followed by the impressment of G-ACUW into the RAF in May 1940. In the spring of 1940, with the coming of war the aerodrome effectively closed,services to Lundy ceased and work began on building an airfield for the RAF on an adjacent site immediately to the west of the existing aerodrome. This eventually became RAF Chivenor.
Civil registration G-ACUW cancelled 7.6.40 due to "change of ownership of aircraft". G-ACUW having already been impressed into military service as AV981 on 2.5.40. Service was with 110 Wing RAF Communications Unit and 6 AACU (Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1.11.40 when stalled and spun into the ground at Rode Hill, near Ringway (Manchester) Airport, Cheshire
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircrft AA100-AZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 2000 p 151)
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACUW.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Scion#Overview_of_Scion_/_Scion_II_production
6. http://devonairfields.hampshireairfields.co.uk/chiv.html
7. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Nov40.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2017 00:30 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-May-2019 21:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2019 08:58 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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