ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241370
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| Date: | Saturday 11 September 1937 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: | Percival P.6 Mew Gull |
| Owner/operator: | Private (G-INFO) |
| Registration: | G-AEXF |
| MSN: | E.22 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Meir Airfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dublin airport (EIDW), Collinstown, Dublin, Ireland. |
| Hatfield Airfield (EGTH), Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was taking part in the 1937 'King's Cup Air Race' from Hatfield Airfield, Hertfordshire, England. On the return leg from Dublin airport, Ireland the pilot was forced to land and retire at Meir Airfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK with engine problems due to water in the fuel.
The Pilot Mr Alexander Henshaw in G-AEXF had earlier in July won the 'Folkestone Trophy Air Race' and in 1938 went on to win the 'King's Cup Air Race' in the same aircraft.
Sources:
https://www.shuttleworth.org/collection/mewgull/
http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/air-races/the-king-s-cup/9-races/135-king-s-cup-1937
https://www.a-e-g.org.uk/alex-henshaw.html
http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gallery/gallery/k/kings-cup-1937-hatfield-course-0545-0001-4299
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 August 1965 | G-AEXF | North Air Taxis (G-INFO) | 0 | RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire, England | |
unk |
| 8 May 1983 | G-AEXF | Private (G-INFO) | 0 | Redhill Airfield (EGKR), Redhill, Surrey, UK. | |
sub |
| 6 May 1985 | G-AEXF | Private (G-INFO) | 0 | Redhill Airfield (EGKR), Redhill, Surrey, | |
sub |
| 17 July 1991 | G-AEXF | Private (G-INFO) | 0 | Near Old Warden Airfield (EGTH), Bedfordshire. | |
sub |
Images:
Kidlington (Oxford) Airport, (EGTK), Oxfordshire. UK. 21st July 1958
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2020 18:15 | Peter Clarke | Added |
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