ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211255
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Date: | Thursday 3 August 1933 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro 631 Cadet |
Owner/operator: | Irish Air Corps |
Registration: | C.3 |
MSN: | 583 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Belgard Road, Clondalkin, near Baldonnel, County Dublin -
Ireland
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Baldonnel Aerodrome, Dublin, Eire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro 631 Cadet C.3, Irish Air Corps: Written off (destroyed) 3/8/33 when crashed after mid air collision in formation flight, over Belgard Road, Clondalkin, near Baldonnel, County Dublin. Pilot of Avro 631 Cadet C.3 - Lt James Patrick Twohig (aged 26) - was killed
Lt Arthur G Russell unhurt in the other machine involved. Cadet C.3 was one of a batch of 6 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Irish Army Air Corps. Delivered between March and April, 1932. (C.3 was delivered 21/3/32). One additional aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Irish Army Air Corps. Delivered September, 1934 and serialled as "C.7" (c/n 730) as a replacement for the written off C.3. (C.7 later civilianized as EI-AFO)
Sources:
1.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm 2.
http://britishaviation-ptp.com/avro_cadet.html#prodlist631 3.
http://www.ipmsireland.com/Forms-Downloads/AerCorpsAircraft1922-1997.pdf 4.
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?74528-Access-to-Avro-records Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-May-2018 19:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
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