ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206205
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 September 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival Q.6 Petrel |
| Owner/operator: | 24 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9454 |
| MSN: | Q.25 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Castletown, Caithness. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hendon, Middlesex |
| RAF Castletown, Caithness |
A retractable undercarriage was an optional extra on the Percival Q.6, only four aircraft being so fitted, eventually to be allotted the designation P.16D. The first of these was VH-ABL (c/n Q.25), built in 1938 to the order of the famous Australian pilot and navigator Captain Patrick Gordon Taylor, was involved in an accident during undercarriage trials at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, in June 1938. Due to this accident, delivery as VH-ABL, scheduled for February 1939, was cancelled.
Re-registered in the UK [C of R 8956] on 2.1.39 as G-AFMT to Percival Aircraft Ltd., Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire. C of A 6478 issued January 1939. Registration G-AFMT cancelled/lapsed 19.4.39. Sold on [C of R 8956/2] on 26.6.39 and re-registered to Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., London SW.1 (aircraft based at Eastleigh Airport, Southampton, Hampshire).
Civil registration G-AFMT cancelled 9.4.40 when impressed into military service as X9454. Issued to 24 Squadron, RAF Hendon
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10.9.41 when wrecked in a forced landing near RAF Castletown, Caithness
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-AFMT.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3644-410910-Unaccounted-airmen-10-9-1941
5. https://the24sec.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/aircraft-operated-by-xxiv-sqn-from-the-outbreak-of-wwii-until-the-fall-of-france/
6. http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/HornDavid/12486.htm
7. http://www.aircrew-saltire.org/lib219.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2018 16:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Oct-2018 06:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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