ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205696
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | Tuesday 21 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 24 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X8508 |
| MSN: | 6377 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Merville, Nord department of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region -
 France
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Merville–Calonne Airport (LFQT) |
First registered as G-AFAH [C of R 8007] on 24.8.37 to Personal Airways Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey; named “Bit it Ben”. C of A 6025 issued 26.8.37. Sold on and re-registered [C of R 8539] 7.6.38 to Captain Graham S.L. Whitelaw, but remained operated by Personal Airways Ltd, Croydon. Re-registered 2.5.40 to Captain William Leslie, Managing Director of Personal Airways of and continued to be operated by Personal Airways Ltd, Croydon. (Although the aircraft's record card gives the home base of G-AFAH as "Barrow Airport, Particroft, Lancashire")
Civil registration G-AFAH cancelled 24.6.40 as sold. Already delivered to 24 Squadron, RAF Hendon, Middlesex, 13.3.40 and impressed into military service as X8508 on 31.3.40.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) after being damaged in air raid at Merville–Calonne Airport, two miles south of Merville, Nord department of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, France, and abandoned 21.5.40. Presumably later destroyed by enemy action. Struck Off Charge 28.5.40.
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFAH.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A10.html
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=22844&styleid=14
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2018 00:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Oct-2018 06:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2019 21:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation