ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22260
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Blackburn B.2 series 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | G-ADFO |
| MSN: | 5920/2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Newport, 7 miles E of Howden, East Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brough, North Yorkshire |
Civil registration G-ADFO (C of R 5739/C of A 4808) allocated 3.4.1935 to Flying Training Ltd, Feltham, Middlesex, and given fleet number "7". Impressed into military service 4.9.39 when all civilian private flying was banned, but retained civil markings. Operated by 4 EFTS, RAF at Brough
Substantially damaged 3.9.40 when force landed at Newport, 7 miles East of Howden, East Yorkshire, whilst on a sortie from Brough Airfield. The pilot made a forced landing on farmland but overshot his selected field and crashed into a hedge. Technically the aircraft should probably have been impressed into RAF service and carried a military registration, but this never happened, and it flew with its civilian registration. The fuselage was salvaged in September 1940 and combined with Blackburn B2 G-ACBH's wings, this other aircraft had crashed in March 1940 and after repair it continued to fly for some time so clearly G-ADFO did not exist after being used to make up G-ACBH flyable.
The civil registration G-ADFO was cancelled 14.7.42. It is presumed that G-ADFO was withdrawn from use by or on that date. Some sources state that it was issued by the end of 1942 to 692 ATC Squadron as ground instructional airframe 2895M.
The South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum has currently (2013) on display the fuselage of a Blackburn B.2, which is stated to be a composite of G-ACBH and G-ADFO. Both registrations G-ACBH and G-ADFO are visible on the fuselage side.
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADFO.pdf
2. https://www.southyorkshireaircraftmuseum.org.uk/
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1425743/
4. http://www.southyorkshiretimes.co.uk/news/local/air-museum-s-rare-fuselage-coup-1-4314104
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport,_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
7. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
8. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/adfo.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2008 08:52 | Anon. | Added |
| 23-Feb-2014 20:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 24-Feb-2014 22:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2017 17:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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