ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222942
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| Date: | Sunday 8 June 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 11 FP RAF |
| Registration: | X7328 |
| MSN: | 6501 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Abbotsinch, Glasgow, Refrewshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dumfries, Dumfriesshire |
| RAF Abbotsinch, Glasgow (GLA/EGPF) |
C/no. 6501: Taken on charge as X7328 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 23.9.40. (2 x Gipsy Six engines #60122/60131) To Scottish Ferry Pilots Pool 13.1.41. To 11 Ferry Pool, RAF Dumfries [at an unknown date, but presumably later in 1941].
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when struck a ridge and overturned on landing at RAF Abbotsinch, Glasgow, Renfrewshire 8.6.41. No fatalities, but, of the four persons on board, two - Sergeant A.L.Raw and Sergeant J.E.Mason - were injured; the other two - Corporal E. Ponnor and Leading Aircraftman J.E. Mason - were uninjured. (Note that the two persons on board named "J.E.Mason" are two different people!). Struck off charge 15.6.41 as 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://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16756082
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2992&p=16063#16063
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2019 19:09 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Mar-2019 16:32 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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