ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206025
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| Date: | Monday 7 October 1940 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Percival P.10 Vega Gull |
| Owner/operator: | Smiths Aircraft Instruments Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AFIE |
| MSN: | K.99 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hendon, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hendon, Middlesex |
First registered [C of R 8570] on 30.6.38 as G-AFIE to Smith's Aircraft Instruments Ltd., Cricklewood, London NW.2 [aircraft based at Hatfield, Hertfordshire]. C of A 6362 issued July 1938.
Written off (destroyed) on the night of 7-8.10.40 when destroyed in an air raid at RAF Hendon, Middlesex, which began at 21:20 on the evening of 7.10.40. The same air raid destroyed the hangar in which "A" Flight 24 Squadron had parked their aircraft. Also destroyed were a further 13 aircraft within the hangar:
DH.82 Tiger Moth K4284
Blackburn Roc L3102
Blackburn Roc L3120
Curtiss SBC-4 Cleveland AS467
Hawker Hind K6814
Percival Vega Gull P1749
Percival Q.6 Petrel P5636 Petrel
Miles Mentor I L4396
Miles Mentor I L4400
DH.82 Tiger Moth K4277
Airspeed Envoy X9370 (ex-G-AFWZ)
Miles Magister L8212
Miles Magister L8345
Registration G-AFIE cancelled by the Air Ministry on 7.10.40 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-AERM.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A9.html
4. http://www.24sqnassociation.royalairforce.net/AC%20Details.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p032.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?4772-24-Sqn-Blackburn-Roc-L3102-and-L3120-Losses-7th-October-1940
7. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Oct40.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2018 01:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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