DH.89 DRAGON RAPIDE 6250 Prototype Dragon Six ... - Ab-ix.com

Services Ltd, Grand Central (for £1,386). [Soc by RAF 26.9.46 as sold locally]. Regd ZS-BCS
8.10.46. Regn cld 26.9.50 as scrapped (or sold in Southern Rhodesia). Regd VP-YNU 5.56 to
Victoria Falls Airways (Pvt) Ltd. Regn cld .61. Regd in Congo as OO-CJW [CofR C.302] 16.2.59
to Air Brousse SPRL, Leopoldville. Reregd 9O-CJW 17.3.61. Reregd 9Q-CJW to AMAMZ,
Kinshasa. Wfu after heavy landing. Rts .62.
6509 Toc as X7336 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 20.3.41. To 614 Squadron, Macmerry
8.4.41. To 225 Squadron, Macmerry 15.9.42. To RAF Macmerry 30.10.42. To DH for
maintenance 13.2.43; to 18 MU 6.6.43. To AAJC [7.43]. Psoc by RAF 21.6.47. Regd G-AGIF
(CofR 9462) 15.7.43 to Great Western & Southern Air Lines Ltd, Inverness. CofA 7012 issued
20.7.43. Dd to Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew 19.7.43 and regd to them 6.3.44. Regd 1.2.47 to
British European Airways Corporation. Regd 23.4.48 to Ulster Aviation Ltd, Newtownards. CofA
lapsed 24.1.50. Regn cld 13.10.50 as pwfu. Used for spares at Newtownards and burnt 4.54.
6510 Toc as X7337 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 24.3.41. To 47 MU 3.5.41. To South
Africa on Lycason 7.6.41. To SAAF 1356 at 9 AD. To 2 Air School 28.8.41. To 62 Air School
5.9.41. High-altitude performance tests 25.9.41. To 24 Group Comm Flight 15.9.44. To 61
Squadron 12.44-1.46. To 15 AD for storage/disposal. To 28 Squadron 18.3.46; returned to 15
AD. Sold 5.7.46 to Coppen & Kotze (for £1,350). [Soc by RAF 26.9.46 as sold locally]. Regd
ZS-BCI 2.9.46. Regd 11.46 to South West Air Transport. Renamed South West African Airways
Ltd. Regd to Resident Motors Ltd. Regd .52 to Anglo-Transvaal Consolidated Investments Co
Ltd, Germiston; operated by Africair Ltd. Dbf on start up Welkom Airfield, OFS 6.9.52; whilst
operated by Commercial Air Services, Johannesburg.
6511 Toc as X7338 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU 29.3.41. To HQ FPP White Waltham
22.5.41. To 10 FP ATA, Lossiemouth 2.6.41. To 12 MU 26.6.41. To 19 MU 3.10.41. To 2 SS
Yatesbury 22.10.42. To DH for maintenance 30.10.42; to 18 MU 21.1.43. To ATA White
Waltham 20.4.44. To 19 Group Comm Flight, Roborough 29.7.44. To DH for maintenance
16.4.46; to 5 MU 21.2.47. Sold 29.5.47 to Aircraft & Engineering Services Ltd. Regd G-AJMY
(CofR 11437) 13.6.47 to Aircraft & Engineering Services Ltd, Croydon. CofA 9901 issued
17.2.48. Reportedly operated 2.48-3.48 by Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd, Squires Gate.
Regd 30.3.48 to Sivewright Airways Ltd, Ringway (ceased trading 3.51 & stored Barton). Regd
6.6.51 to Melba Airways Ltd, Barton. Regd 17.7.51 to Wolverhampton Aviation Ltd,
Wolverhampton. Regn cld 21.8.52 as sold to Portuguese Guinea and ferried to Elstree for CofA
renewal. (Erroneously regd in UK to Govt of Portuguese Guinea, Bissau 9.9.52). Regd
CR-GAK .52 to TAGP. To spares for CR-GAI/GAJ pre.63.
6512 Toc as X7339 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 8 MU 28.3.41. To 47 MU 18.4.41. To South
Africa on Lycason 7.6.41. To SAAF 1355 at 9 AD. To 2 Air School 28.8.41. To 62 Air School
15.9.41. Crashed Bloemfontein 23.10.41; probably repaired. To 1 Air Depot, Voortrekkerhoogte
9.6.43 for inspection. Soc 25.10.43 as uneconomic to repair. [Soc by RAF as psoc 1.1.47].
6513 Toc as X7340 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 4.4.41. To 6 MU 16.5.41. To ATA
White Waltham 28.6.41. To DH for maintenance 3.5.43. To 2 RS 31.8.43. To 4 RS Madley
2.3.45. To DH for maintenance 22.12.45; to 18 MU 27.8.46. Sold 15.12.47 to Air Navigation &
Trading Co Ltd. Regd G-AKRN (CofR 12150) 17.1.48 to East Anglian Flying Services Ltd,
Southend; dd ex 18 MU 27.1.48. CofA 9993 issued 24.3.48. New CofR No R1172 issued .50.
T/a Channel Airways wef .56 and regd to Channel Airways Ltd 5.11.62. CofA lapsed 27.6.60
and stored Southend. To Ipswich 7.60; returned to Southend 10.64 (as spares for G-AEMH).
Removed to Ian Jones' farm at Latchington, Burnham-on-Crouch 19.8.72; remains still stored
[9.75] in very poor condition. Regn cld 14.2.73 as destroyed. Parts (only) to Chirk .80 (or late
.78) for use in rebuild of G-AIUL. Reported still owned [.85] by Ian Jones, Babbacombe, Torquay
but thought unlikely.
6514 Toc as X7341 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU 8.4.41. To 53 OTU Heston 30.5.41. To
DH for maintenance 3.2.42; to 9 MU 19.3.42. To 53 OTU Heston 28.3.42. To 58 OTU
Grangemouth 4.4.43. To DH for maintenance 14.9.43; to 18 MU 22.12.43. To Royal Navy
13.4.45. To RNAS Lee-on-Solent 3.5.45. To RN Christchurch 4.6.45. To 736 Squadron, B
Flight, Woodvale 14.7.45. To Hatston Station Flight 18.8.45. To Donibristle Station Flight. To
DH Witney 27.9.45 for maintenance. To 782 Squadron, Donibristle 20.6.46. To RN Crail
26.6.46. To 701 Squadron, Heston 29.8.46. To RN Crail 25.10.46. To 781 Squadron, Lee-on-
Solent 7.11.46. To RNAS Strett 8.7.47 for storage. To Evanton Station Flt 3.9.47. To AHU
Stretton 14.10.47. To RNAS Eglinton 14.1.48. To RNAS Stretton 19.2.48. To DH Witney for
overhaul 25.10.48. To RNAS Stretton 18.5.49. To De Havillands 25.10.48 [-1.49]. To RNAS
Stretton 18.5.49. To Donibristle 16.5.50. To 728 Squadron, Donibristle [14.7.51]. To DH for
repairs 4.9.51; to Donibristle 30.1.52. To AHU Lossiemouth 17.3.53. To Shorts Ferry Flight,
Rochester. To AHU Lossiemouth 24.5.55. To Lossiemouth Station Flt 9.55. To Brawdy HQ
Flight 30.11.55. To 7 FTS, RAF Valley [7.56-9.56]. To RNAS Brawdy [1.57]. To Shorts Ferry