ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205028
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| Date: | Monday 8 July 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 504N |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AEGW |
| MSN: | J9702 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire |
Ex-RAF Avro 504N J9702 (former RAF serial used by the Air Ministry in lieu of any official c/n). First registered [C of R 6940] on 22.4.36 as G-AEGW to Air Travel Ltd., Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey. C of A 5479 issued May 1936. Sold on and re-registered [C of R 7787] on 24.3.37 to Lancelot John Rimmer & William Frank Davidson of Tatton, Cheshire, and Chester, Cheshire respectively (aircraft based at Hooton Park Aerodrome, Hooton, Cheshire).
Withdrawn from use 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war. G-AEGW was stored under the grandstand at Hooton Park Racecourse, Cheshire until the "Great Fire of Hooton Park" on 8.7.40, when up to 19 civilian aircraft that were stored there were destroyed by fire, when the Grandstand at Hooton Park burnt down.
Registration G-AEGW cancelled by the Air Ministry 8.7.40 "due to destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft".
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AEGW.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Jul40.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2018 20:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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