ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203878
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Date: | Saturday 12 August 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Miles M.2H Hawk |
Owner/operator: | W.C.Mitchell |
Registration: | VP-KCM |
MSN: | 135 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Nairobi -
Kenya
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya (WIL/HKNW) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:First registered (C of R 5784) on 30.4.35 as G-ADGE to A.H. Cook, Hatfield Aerodrome, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. C of A 4916 issued May 1935. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 7121) on 11.6.36 to Edward Fraser Walter, London W.6 (aircraft based at Brooklands Aerodrome, Brooklands, West Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey). UK registration G-ADGE cancelled 2.4.37 as "sold"
Sold on and re-registered 21.1.38 [C of R 64] as VP-KCM to W.C. Mitchell, Nairobi. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed 12.8.39 at Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya. No injuries or fatalities reported.
Sources:
1.
http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad 2.
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADGE.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html 4.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-K.html 6.
http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/93-register-other 7/ G-ADGE at Hanwoth 1936:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1402183 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Jan-2018 20:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
20-Oct-2020 16:01 |
MatthewC |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
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