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Date: | Saturday 22 February 1941 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
Owner/operator: | HQ Flt Scottish FP RAF |
Registration: | R9561 |
MSN: | 6489 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Prestwick, Ayrshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Prestwick, Ayrshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:C/no. 6489: Taken on charge by RAF as R9561 under Contract 26448/39 at 12 MU 12.5.40. (2 x Gipsy Six engines #60088/60089). To 18 MU 16.7.40. To 7 Ferry Pilots Pool Sherburn 28.11.40. To HQ Flight Scottish Ferry Pool [by 2.41].
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when swung into fence on take-off RAF Prestwick, Ayrshire 22.2.41. Struck off charge as Cat.E(FA) 3.3.41
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980, page 58)
2.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Feb-2019 22:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
30-May-2019 16:31 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |