Incident Miles M.2H Hawk ZS-AHH,
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Date:Monday 23 October 1939
Time:day
Type:Miles M.2H Hawk
Owner/operator:African Air Transport
Registration: ZS-AHH
MSN: 183
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Potchefstroom -   South Africa
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Potchefstroom, South Africa
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
First registered [C of R 6587] on 30.3.36 as G-AEFA to Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd., Woodley Aerodrome, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire. UK civil registration cancelled 2.4.36 when sold ("Change of Ownership of aircraft") to South Africa

Re-registered in South Africa 3.7.36 as ZS-AHH to African Air Transport Ltd, Potchefstroom.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23.10.39 when crashed at Potchefstroom, South Africa

Sources:

1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AEFA.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/zs-aaa.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZS-.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Jan-2018 20:50 Dr. John Smith Added
23-Jan-2018 20:51 Dr. John Smith Updated [Date]
20-Oct-2020 18:35 MatthewC Updated [Aircraft type]

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