ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28478
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| Date: | Monday 12 February 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 24 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | G-ACYM |
| MSN: | 6269 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moyenneville, near Pas-de-Calais -
 France
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hendon, Middlesex |
| Moyenneville, Pas-de-Calais, France |
c/no.6269: Registered G-ACYM [C of R 5368] 10.1.35 to Olley Air Service Ltd, Croydon. C of A 4649 issued 6.3.35; delivered 4.3.35. Cancelled 20.3.39 and registered 6.4.39 to Great Western & Southern Air Lines Ltd, Shoreham, Sussex (later Speke, Liverpool); named "Vanguard".
Operated by 'C' Flight 24 Squadron, Hendon from 17.9.39. Damaged tail in forced landing in snowstorm at Moyenneville, Somme, Pas-de-Calais, France 12.2.40; not repaired, and later destroyed by fire in evacuation from France 4.5.40. Registration formally cancelled 17.6.40 as sold. Officially impressed into RAF service as X9320 from 31.3.40 [but serial not applied, as this date was six weeks after the above accident]. Struck off charge by RAF 4.4.40.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACYM.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Feb40.html
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=22844
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide-moyenneville
7. http://web.archive.org/web/20160719031201/http://www.baaa-acro.com/1940/archives/crash-of-a-de-havilland-dh-89-dragon-rapide-in-moyenneville/
8. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Dec-2011 15:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2012 11:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Oct-2017 20:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2019 19:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
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