ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25049
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| Date: | Friday 19 April 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon |
| Owner/operator: | Scottish Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ACNG |
| MSN: | 6069 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), Kirkwall, Orkney -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Renfrew Airport, Glasgow |
| RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), Kirkwall, Orkney |
c/no 6069 (Gipsy Major #5473/5474) DH.84 Mk.II registered as G-ACNG [C of R 4761] 2.34 to Jersey Airways Ltd, Portsmouth; named "The Portelet Bay". C of A 4223 issued 23.3.34. Re-registered [C of R 5985] 27.6.35 to Spartan Air Lines Ltd, Somerton, Cowes, Isle of Wight. Taken over 1.10.35 by British Airways Ltd, Stapleford, Abridge, Essex; re-registered to them [C of R 6790] 2.3.36. Re-registered [C of R 7608] 19.1.37 to Northern & Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew, Glasgow [delivered 17.2.37]. Re-registered [C of R 8177] 29.10.37 to British Airways Ltd, Renfrew, Glasgow. Re-registered [C of R 8552] 14.6.38 to Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew, Glasgow.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Royal Naval Air Station Hatston, Kirkwall, Orkney ("HMS Sparrowhawk") on 19.4.40. Registration G-ACNG cancelled 7.5.40 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACNG.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Airways
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartan_Air_Lines_Ltd
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatston
7. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Apr40.html
8. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh84-dragon-ii-raf-hatston
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
10. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH84.pdf
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNAS_Hatston
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 06:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2017 23:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2022 23:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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