ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202654
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| Date: | Monday 26 August 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival D.2 Gull Four |
| Owner/operator: | Man Mohan Singh |
| Registration: | G-ABUR |
| MSN: | D.20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Luwingu, Northern Province, Northern Rhodesia -
 Zambia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
MSN D.20: Built at Maidstone by British Aircraft Co as type D.l (Cirrus Hermes IV) and registered G-ABUR, 2.32. Tested at Martlesham Heath 3.32. Damaged In forced landing and rebuilt by Brooklands Aviation. C of A No. 3521 Issued on 30.6.32 to Edgar W Perclval and registered to him 3.7.32. (Note: C/n was originally quoted as "4" In both Register and C of A records - date of change not recorded, but probably in 4-7.32 after repairs/ rebuild).Flown In King's Cup 8-9.7.32 by Edgar W. Perclval as "50", averaged 142.73 mph and finished in 12th place. Then came second In Thanet Air Trophy, Ramsgate, Kent 18.9.32; 2nd In the Hlllman Trophy Race, Romford, Essex 24.9.32 and 1st In the Yorkshire Trophy, Sherburn-in-Elmet 25.9.32 at 136.5 mph.
Re-englned with Javelin III 1933 as D.2 with C of A renewed 4.7.33 and flown in King's Cup 8.7.33 as "40" by Flight Lieutenant J.G.D.Armour. Re-engined later with Gipsy Major. No C of A between 3.7.34 and 17.6.35. C of A renewed 17.6.35 (until 2.6.36). Sold to Man Mohan Singh, Croydon, in 5.35 and formally re-registered to him (C of R 6109) on 2.7.35
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26.8.35 when crashed at Luwingu, Northern Province, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) during Man Mohan Singh's 1935 UK to Cape Town record attempt.
Registration G-ABUR 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://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ABUR.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
4. http://www.pilotfriend.com/aircraft%20performance/Percival/1.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Gull#Racing_and_record-breaking
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1991.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luwingu_District
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2017 00:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Apr-2022 10:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Sep-2022 19:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
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