ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25045
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| Date: | Friday 9 October 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Blackburn B.2 |
| Owner/operator: | North Sea Aerial & General Transport |
| Registration: | G-ABWI |
| MSN: | 4700/1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ellerton, near Selby, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Brough Aerodrome, Brough, East Yorkshire (EGNB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 3732) 30.4.32 as G-ABWI to Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Co Ltd., Brough, East Yorkshire. Re-registered 27.3.33 to North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd, Brough, East Yorkshire. C of A 3520 issued April 1933.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Ellerton, near Selby, North Yorkshire on 9.10.1936. Aircraft caught fire on impact and was burnt out. Pilot - Algernon Hinchliffe Simpson (aged 23) - killed. Registration G-ABWI cancelled by the Air Ministry 2.12.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABWI.pdf
3. http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1936/1936-33.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellerton,_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire
7. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/5/21/1210812/-Emphatically-NOT-a-Moth-the-Blackburn-B-2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2012 15:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2017 23:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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