ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212287
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| Date: | Sunday 5 February 1928 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Blackburn L.1C Bluebird IV |
| Owner/operator: | Yorkshire Aeroplane Club |
| Registration: | G-EBRG |
| MSN: | WO 9803/4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire (EGCJ) |
| Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire (EGCJ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 1381/C of A 1207) 11/5/1927 to the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Ltd.,Bradford, West Yorkshire (aircraft based at Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire). According to some sources (see link #5) G-EBRG was not actually delivered until September 1927 due to a) delays in construction (it was one of three - G-EBRF, G-EBRG and G-EBSV - ordered by the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club in May 1927) and b) delays in raising the finances to cover the purchase costs of all three airframes.
Written off (destroyed) 5/2/1928 when failed to recover from spin, Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire. Pilot and sole occupant - Albert Critchley (aged 30) - was killed.
Registration G-EBRG cancelled by the Air Ministry 2/5/1928 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
2. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576580
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E3.html
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EBRG.pdf
5. Air Yorkshire magazine June 2002 page 29: http://s617306976.websitehome.co.uk/AYASMagazines/AY%20June%202002.pdf
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/82-register-gb-g-eb
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2018 00:09 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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