ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28022
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| Date: | Thursday 30 August 1923 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.34 |
| Owner/operator: | Daimler Airways |
| Registration: | G-EBBQ |
| MSN: | 27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Antwerp-Deurne, Belgium | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The original D.H.34, G-EBBQ, made its first flight at Stag Lane on March 26th, 1922, in the hands of Mr. (later Sir Alan) Cobham; on March 31st it was delivered to Croydon, where the Daimler pilots learnt to fly it before the first service flight only two days later.
First civil registered as G-EBBQ 6th March 1922; written off 30th August 1923 when crashed at Croydon Airport outbound to Antwerp. Registration G-EBBQ cancelled 29 November 1923 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBBQ.pdf
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1952/1952
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.34
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1335331/
5. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576521
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Feb-2014 22:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2014 13:12 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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