ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222895
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 April 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Gp CF RAF |
| Registration: | X7377 |
| MSN: | 6537 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk |
C/no. 6537: Taken on charge as X7377 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU RAF Cosford 30.6.41. (2 x Gipsy Queen III engines #70070/70071) To Southern Ferry Pilots Pool, RAF Kemble 7.7.41. To De Havilland for maintenance 8.3.42. To 55 OTU RAF Usworth 25.4.42. To De Havilland for maintenance 8.4.43; to 18 MU Dumfries 7.7.43. To 3 Group Comm Flight, Newmarket 29.10.44; to Wyton 21.6.46 (latter unconfirmed). (Reported at Ringway in 1946 coded “BB3”).
Reported as crashed 24.4.46 and written off (damaged beyond repair) in a take off accident at RAF Newmarket, Suffolk. Struck off charge 16.9.46 as scrap (Cat.E(FA))
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=X7377
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2019 21:04 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Mar-2019 08:48 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:46 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Jul-2021 09:21 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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