ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22261
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| Date: | Monday 24 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Blackburn B.2 series 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | G-ADFS |
| MSN: | 5920/5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | River Humber, near Brough, East Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brough, North Yorkshire |
First registered 3.4.35 to Flying Traning Ltd., Hanworth Aerodrome, Middlesex. Impressed into military service with 4 FTS, RAF Brough, East Yorkshire (operated by Blackburn Aircraft under contract) on 4.9.39. Military serial not allocated, although one should have been; aircraft continued to fly as G-ADFS. Written off when aircraft was in a mid-air collision with Blackburn B.2 G-ACLC and then crashed into the River Humber near Brough, East Yorkshire on 24.6.1940, killing the pilot.
Civil registration G-ADFS cancelled 12.8.40 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADFS.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/10569.php
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac.
5. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Jun40.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2008 08:52 | Anon. | Added |
| 23-Feb-2014 20:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 24-Feb-2014 23:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2017 17:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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