Incident Cessna C-34 Airmaster G-AEAI,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204765
 
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Date:Wednesday 20 September 1950
Time:day
Type:Cessna C-34 Airmaster
Owner/operator:Richard Edward Dewhirst
Registration: G-AEAI
MSN: 314
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Standing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire (BLK/EGLK)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Cessna C-34 Skymaster imported to UK in September 1936. Impressed as HM502 in 1941. Destroyed by fire at Squires Gate on 20.09.50.. Replaced by another C-34, G-AFBY (s/n 319), which was wrecked at Cowes, Isle of Wight in November 1951.

Sources:

1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AEAI-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AEAI-2.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1204495
6. http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/cessna_34.php
7. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Cessna-C-34-Airmaster/1616822
8. https://outerzone.co.uk/planfile_supplement/2198/Cessna_C34_oz2198_article.pdf
9. http://www.aviationancestry.co.uk/?searchQuery=Cessna%20Aircraft&startYear=1909&endYear=1980
10. https://howlingpixel.com/wiki/Cessna_165

Media:

Cessna C.34 Skymaster G-AEAI at Blackpool (Squires Gate) Airport 8-1-1950: Cessna C-34 G-AEAI Squires Gate 08.01.50 edited-4

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Jan-2018 20:15 Dr. John Smith Added
16-May-2018 18:07 TB Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative]
30-Dec-2020 22:47 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]

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