ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20946
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 September 1921 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 504K |
| Owner/operator: | Herbert Sykes, OBE |
| Registration: | G-EACA |
| MSN: | "E6575" |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex |
| Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF E6575 (former RAF serial used by the CAA in its documentation in lieu of any official constructors number). First civil registered (C of R 627) as G-EACA 29.05.19 to G.J.Lusted, Shoreham, Sussex. Sold on to Herbert Sykes OBE, Kingsbury, Middlesex, 08.02.21. Wore the name "Psyche" painted on the fuselage.
Herbert Sykes [1888-1933], O.B.E. (awarded for courage in testing aircraft). During WW1 he was a test pilot for Whitehead Aircraft Ltd., which was a Sopwith sub-contractor, building single-seater Sopwith 'Pup' fighters, and later DH9 and DH9a bombers. The Civil Aviation registers show that Herbert Sykes owned a succession of Avro 504 aircraft after the War, which he nicknamed 'Psyche.' His wartime and post-war flying exploits were also regularly reported in Flight Magazine.
Avro 504K G-EACA was written off 28.09.21 when it crashed on take off near Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex
Sources:
1. http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NCCW000261
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EACA.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E.html
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1921/archives/crash-of-an-avro-504-in-norwich-uk/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2008 20:10 | JINX | Added |
| 14-Apr-2011 02:19 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2013 22:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2013 22:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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