Accident BAC Drone G-ADUA,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204436
 
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Date:Saturday 12 December 1936
Time:day
Type:BAC Drone
Owner/operator:BAC (1935) ltd
Registration: G-ADUA
MSN: 8
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Caxton Gibbet, Cambridgeshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Ely, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
First registered (C of R 6334) on 26.9.35 as G-ADUA to BAC (1935) Ltd., London Air Park, Feltham, Middlesex (aircraft based at Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex). Leased by the Ely Aero Club, Ely, Cambridgeshire from 2.12.35 (although not re-registered to them at any time - the Air Ministry aircraft record card simply notes "change of ownership of aircraft" on this date).

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12.12.36 when crashed at Caxton Gibbet, Cambridgeshire. Pilot William Edward Wright (aged 35) was killed. Registration G-ADUA cancelled 20.12.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"

NOTE: several sources quote the date of "20.12.36", but this was the date that the registration was cancelled, not the actual date of the accident (12.12.36)

Sources:

1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADUA.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
4. https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-1983/78/air
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
6. https://archive.org/stream/CambridgeshireAviationScrapbook1897To1990.doc/Cambridgeshire%20Aviation%20Scrapbook%201897%20to%201990.doc_djvu.txt

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jan-2018 23:46 Dr. John Smith Added
14-Jan-2018 23:47 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]

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