ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204947
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| Date: | Saturday 2 October 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | British Aircraft Eagle II |
| Owner/operator: | Derrick Clive Howell |
| Registration: | G-AEER |
| MSN: | 126 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Breedon-on-the-Hill, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Southend Airport, Southend, Essex (SEB/EGMC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered [C of R 6834] on 21.3.36 as G-AEER to John Peter Wakefield, Kendal, Westmoreland (aircraft based at Brooklands Aerodrome, West Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey). C of A 5411 issued April 1936.
Written off (destroyed) 2.10.37 when went out of control, dived into the ground and caught fire, at Breedon-on-the-Hill, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. All three persons on board were killed:
Derrick Clive Howell (pilot, aged 21)
John Walley (passenger, aged 27)
Mrs Jessie Walley (passenger aged 26)
Registration G-AEER belatedly cancelled by the Air Ministry post war, on 3.11.45, due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl form use of aircraft". A note on the aircraft's record card states "(Census 1945)"; which indicates that the Air Ministry were only made aware of the demise of G-AEER after a return from the last registered owners, in response to the Air Ministry's 1945 census into the existence (or not) of all UK-registered pre-war civil aircraft
Breedon on the Hill is a village and civil parish about 5 miles north of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The parish adjoins the Derbyshire county boundary and the village is only about 2 miles south of the Derbyshire town of Melbourne.
NOTE: "Flight" magazine 30.9.37 page 333 states "One of the Club members, Mr. D. C. Howell, has become the owner of a B.A. Eagle". Presumably, the aircraft referred to was G-AEER, but, if that was the case, then it was never officially re-registered to him (probably was he was killed three days later flying in G-AEER)
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-AEER.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
5. https://leicestershire-aviation.co.uk/aircraft-crashes-force-landings-in-leicestershire/
6. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/BK_BAMco.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breedon_on_the_Hill
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2018 18:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Jan-2018 18:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2018 18:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2022 11:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Oct-2022 02:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
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