ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203063
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| Date: | Monday 11 May 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | HQ Flt ACOp Command CF RAF |
| Registration: | AW120 |
| MSN: | 7033 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Netheravon, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire |
Leopard Moth AW120 c/no 7033: Registered as G-ACKS [C of R 4466] 30.11.33 to British Air Transport Ltd, Croydon. C of A 4204 issued 7.3.34. Re-registered later in 1934 to H B Legge & Sons Ltd, Redhill, Surrey. Re-registered [C of R 6883] 6.4.36 to Yorkshire Airways Ltd; operated by subsidiary Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Ltd, Yeadon (Leeds-Bradford) West Yorkshire. Re-registered [C of R 8268] 17.12.37 to The Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Ltd, Yeadon
Withdrawn from use and stored at Leeds-Bradford Municipal Airport, Yeadon, West Yorkshire from 4.9.39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war. Civil registration G-ACKS cancelled 16.6.40 when impressed into military service as AW120. Service was with 110 (AAC) Wing, RAF Ringway, Cheshire. To 7 AACU RAF Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire 2.8.40. To HQ Army Co-operation Command Communications Flight, White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 13.2.41
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11.5.42 when swung off the runway on take off from RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire, when the wing dropped at low altitude. No reports of fatalities or injuries among the three persons on board (pilot and two passengers).
Struck off charge as Cat. E(FA) 13.8.42.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2000, p 142)
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACKS.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.html
5. Air Yorkshire January 1989: http://s617306976.websitehome.co.uk/AYASMagazines/AY%20January%201989.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2008.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netheravon_Airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2017 20:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Mar-2019 06:38 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-May-2019 00:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2019 07:41 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Dec-2019 22:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Aug-2021 10:42 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2022 20:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 11-Oct-2022 18:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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