ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205547
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 July 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Aeronca 100 |
| Owner/operator: | Paul Simpson |
| Registration: | G-AEVT |
| MSN: | AB.115 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Loughborough, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Loughborough, Leicestershire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered as G-AEVT [C of R 7746] 18.3.37 to Aeronautical Corporation of GB Ltd, Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth. Middlesex. Re-registered [C of R 8629] on 11.7.38 to Aircraft Exchange & Mart Ltd, Hanworth. C of A 6370 issued 5.8.38. Re-registered [C of R 8830] 22.10.38 to London Air Park Flying Club Ltd, Hanworth. C of A lapsed 4.8.39.
Withdrawn from use on 4.9.39, when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to outbreak of WW II. Stored initially at Hanworth. Re-registered [C of R 8830/2] on 4.11.40 to W.S. Shackleton Ltd., London W.1 (aircraft remained based at Hanworth). Re-registered [C of R 8830/3] on 4.11.40 (same day) to J.H. Tattersall; stored at Tattersalls Garage, Gisburn, near Clitheroe, Lancashire in WWII. (The Air Ministry do not appear to have been informed of this move; the aircraft's record card states that G-AEVT was stored at Hanworth from 4.9.39 to 1.12.46)
Registration G-AEVT cancelled ("Cancellation By The Secretary of State") on 1.12.46. Sold 29.9.47. Re-registered [C of R R.585/4] on 27.1.48 to Paul Simpson, Pinner, Middlesex (owned jointly with Arthur Ord-Hume). Rebuilt in 1949-1950 with wings from Aeronca 100 G-AEVE. C of A 6370 renewed 27.4.50.
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when crashed at Loughborough, Leicestershire 11.7.50. Registration G-AEVT cancelled 17.12.50 as "(Crashed)". Some parts used in the rebuild of G-AEFT in the early 1950s.
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-AEVT.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A9.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/aeronca.pdf
5. https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Loughboroughflyingsites
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2018 00:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Feb-2018 00:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2022 01:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Category] |
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