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Date: | Sunday 22 March 1936 |
Time: | |
Type: | Blackburn L.1B Bluebird III |
Owner/operator: | George Hugh Charlton |
Registration: | G-AABE |
MSN: | 1450/4 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lichfield, Staffordshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:First registered on 7.9.28 as G-AABE to Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Co Ltd. Subsequently sold on (and re-registered to) Suffolk & Eastern Counties Air Club, H Nevard, Ipswich, N.Wiltshire, Rochford, Essex, L.C. Evans, Rochford, Southend on Sea Flying Services Ltd., Aircraft and Autos Ltd., Gravesend, Kent. Finally sold (and re-registered to) George Hugh Charlton, Chilworth on 4.3.36
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Lichfield, Staffordshire on 22.3.1936. Registration G-AABE cancelled by the CAA on 22.3.1936 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
Compiled by Michael Austen
Air Britain (Historians) Ltd 1999
ISBN 0 85130 281 5
1.
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AABE.pdf 2.
http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa 3.
http://www.britishaviation-ptp.com/b/blackburn_bluebird.html 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jan-2010 10:49 |
John Baker |
Added |
21-Dec-2012 14:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
02-Nov-2017 20:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |