ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206692
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| Date: | Thursday 18 May 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival P.10 Vega Gull |
| Owner/operator: | Air Attache Lisbon |
| Registration: | G-AFVI |
| MSN: | K.109 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tarragona, Costa Daurada, Catalonia -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | LIsbon, Portugal |
Built to a military order for the RAF as P5992. Part of a pre-war production batch which included 14 to Specification 20/38 for RAF communications use, of which 11 initially went to No 24 Sqn, two to the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, and one to British Air Attache in Lisbon; earlier, one other civil-standard Percival Vega Gull acquired by Air Ministry for use by Air Attache in Buenos Aires.
According to the 1944 Spanish Coroner’s witness statements, the aircraft was recorded as being an “avioneta Percibal
However the only thing that could be identified of the aircraft in the burnt wreckage found on the steep mountainside in Racó de Vilobá in Catalonia was the engine which bore a plaque of the “De Haviland Aircraft Co. Ltd, Stag Lane Edgeware Middlesex England” identifying the engine as a GIPSI
Thus according to the witnesses, the aircraft seems to have been a Percival powered by a de Haviland DH SIX engine, which was the only evidence remaining in the wreckage, hence the confusion.
First civil registered [C of R 9142] on 9.6.39 as G-AFVI to the Secretary of state, Air Ministry, London WC.2. C of A 6647 issued June 1939. Issued to the Air Attache at the British Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18.5.44 when crashed into a hilltop near Tarragona, Costa Daurada, Catalonia, Spain (at approximate Coordinates: 41°06′56.51″N 1°14′58.54″E). Registration G-AFVI cancelled by the Air Ministry as "Written off 10.7.44 - Crashed 18.5.44"
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-AFVI.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. http://www.jaapteeuwen.com/ww2aircraft/html pages/PERCIVAL VEGA GULL.htm
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2814978/hilary-charles-caldwell/
5. Custodian of British Military Cemetery Madrid.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2018 16:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Dec-2021 13:09 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2022 07:48 | Rafmike | Updated [Total fatalities, Source] |
| 14-Nov-2022 12:42 | Rafmike | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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