ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234393
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| Date: | Friday 30 August 1940 |
| Time: | 15:54 |
| Type: | British Klemm BA L.25C Swallow 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Mrs Florence Mary Morris-Davies |
| Registration: | G-AEMD |
| MSN: | 452 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent (EGMK) |
First Registered as G-AEMD [C of R 7242] 12.8.36 to Mrs Florence Mary Morris-Davies, Guestling, Sussex (based at Lympne, Kent). C of A 5618 issued 21.8.36. Withdrawn from use and stored at Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent from 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war. C of A lapsed 20.4.40
Written off (destroyed) 30.8.40: destroyed by fire and explosion due to enemy action in a bombing raid at RAF Lympne, Kent. R.A.F. Lympne suffered another raid by about 20 enemy aircraft at 15:54 hours local time on Friday 30.8.40. The Luftwaffe aircraft which carried out the latter raid, broke off from a large formation of bombers and headed for R.A.F. Lympne to launch the attack. During the attack on Friday 30.8.40, at least nine bombs exploded one of which destroyed a hanger, and one hit an air raid shelter seriously injuring five pilots and also caused at least six civilian fatalities.
Registration G-AEMD cancelled 1.12.46 by Secretary of State, Air Ministry (probably as a result of the post-war census into the status of all pre-war civil registered aircraft)
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AEMD.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Sep40.html
5. http://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20reports/LYMPNE%20AIRFIELD.pdf
6. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/BK_BAMco.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2020 23:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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