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Date: | Wednesday 28 December 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax C.8 |
Owner/operator: | Lancashire Aircraft Corporation (LAC) |
Registration: | G-AIHY |
MSN: | 1325 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Le Bourget Airport, Val d'Oise 95 -
France
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Le Bourget, Paris |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Handley Page Halifax C.Mk.VIII: Built for the RAF as PP241. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 10694/1; C of A 9131) 9 September 1946 as G-AIHY to Lancashire aircraft Corporation, Samlesbury, Blackburn, Lancashire (aircraft actually based at RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire).
Written off (Damaged beyond Repair) 28 December 1949 while taxiing at Paris-Le Bourget Airport, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris. Suffered a ground accident while taxiing in Paris-Le Bourget. There were no casualties.
Registration G-AIHY formally cancelled by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry on 18 January 1950 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1.
http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AIHY.pdf 2.
https://cbfsim.co.uk/cbfs_bb/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16856 3. French National Archives:
https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/pdfIR.action?irId=FRAN_IR_057354 (File 19760051/40)
4.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/ground-accident-handley-page-hp70-halifax-viii-paris Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Jun-2010 11:39 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
07-Dec-2012 09:12 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Jan-2014 17:16 |
TB |
Updated [Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
28-Jan-2014 17:17 |
TB |
Updated [Source] |
28-Jan-2014 17:19 |
TB |
Updated [Narrative] |
07-Mar-2017 00:36 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Aug-2018 20:54 |
TB |
Updated [Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Oct-2019 21:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
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