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

6569 Toc as X7409 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 2.10.41. To 47 MU 1.3.42. Shipped ex
Birkenhead in City of Hong Kong 18.3.42 for India. To GR School, Bombay. To 2 Coastal
Defence Flight, Juhu. To Director of Civil Aviation 1.9.43. Allocated 18.1.46 for sale to Indian
National Airways. Sold 25.7.46 to Indian National Airways. Regd VT-ARF 11.6.43 to Air Service
Co of India (also quoting c/n "DHCF 89219"). Regd 26.6.46 to Indian National Airways. Regd
5.6.47 to Indian Air Survey & Transport Co Ltd, Dum Dum. Name changed .48 to Air Survey Co
of India Ltd. Crashed .50 & regn cld 6.6.50.
6570 Toc as X7410 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 3.10.41. To 41 OTU Old Sarum
17.10.41. To 18 MU 2.1.43. To 53 OTU Llandow 27.2.43. Soc during maintenance 18.10.45.
6571 Toc as X7411 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU 2.10.41. To ATA White Waltham
13.10.41. To 271 Squadron, Doncaster 17.3.42. To 24 Squadron, Hendon 6.1.44. To
Metropolitan Communications Squadron, Hendon 8.9.44. To DH for maintenance 14.5.45. To
A&AEE Comm Flight, Boscombe Down 27.11.45. Damaged in taxying accident at De Havillands
10.2.49; repaired & returned to A&AEE 13.4.49. To 5 MU 11.1.50. Sold 31.3.50 to Adie Aviation
Ltd. Regd G-AMAM (CofR 14995) 11.4.50 to Adie Aviation Ltd, Croydon. (CofR No changed to
R2869 .50) Cld 13.3.51 & regd 21.3.51 to Martin-Baker Aircraft Co Ltd, Denham. CofA A2869
issued 29.3.51. Cld 12.11.59 & regd 24.11.59 to Fieldair Ltd, Croydon [based Wymeswold].
CofA lapsed 20.11.60 after one month extension. Overturned Wymeswold in gales during night
of 4/5.2.62. Regn cld 13.2.62 as destroyed. Remains extant Wymeswold 6.62.
6572 Toc as X7412 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU 12.10.41. To 2 Del Flight, Colerne
24.10.41. To DH for maintenance 24.5.43; to 18 MU 29.8.43. To 27 Group Comm Flight,
Perdiswell 28.10.44; coded ‘TSO-A’. To DH for maintenance 29.3.46; to 18 MU 15.1.47. Sold
21.5.48 to Aeroways, Croydon. Regd G-ALBC (CofR 12388) 27.5.48 to Arthur Wesley Coombs
t/a Aeroways, Croydon. CofA 10188 issued 15.6.48. Regd 24.7.48 to Sir Robert McAlpine &
Sons Ltd, Fairoaks. Regd 28.7.49 to Malcolm Hugh Dees McAlpine, Croydon. Regd 24.3.55 to
Kenneth McAlpine, Croydon. Op by Luton Airways wef 12.57. Converted to mk.6 2.8.61.
Operated by Solair Flying Services Ltd, Baginton wef 5.62; regd to them 26.6.63. Encountered
severe downdraught and crashed Wove Hill, on Kinder Scout, nr Edale, Derbyshire 30.12.63; 2
injured. Remains burned on site because of difficulty of salvage. Regn cld 9.1.64 as pwfu.
6573 Toc as X7413 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 24 Squadron, Hendon 7.10.41. To Talbenny
31.10.44. To DH for major inspection 27.4.45; to 18 MU 29.9.45. Dd Gloster Aircraft Ltd 6.11.45
[toc 19.11.45]. To Power Jets Ltd, Bitteswell 26.6.46. Renamed National Gas Turbine
Establishment, Bitteswell [6.48]. Loaned to Martin-Baker Aircraft Ltd 3.9.48-11.9.48 and also
26.7.49-30.7.49. Dd 5 MU Kemble 4.1.50 [toc 12.1.50]. Sold 31.3.50 to Cambrian Air Services
Ltd. Regd G-ALZJ (CofR 14967) 27.3.50 to Cambrian Air Services Ltd, Cardiff; named
"Caernarvon". CofA 10855 issued 21.4.50. Regd 7.7.50 to John Hylton Watts, Edward Keith-
Davies, Stanley K Davies & Care Lines Ltd t/a Cambrian Air Services. Regd 25.1.52 to
Cambrian Air Services Ltd. Regd 12.3.56 to Cambrian Airways Ltd. Regd 24.4.56 to
Independent Air Travel Ltd, Hurn. Regn cld 30.4.56 as sold in French Morocco. Inspected Tunis
2.6.56. Regd F-OAME 6.56 to Societe Tunisienne de Reparations Aeriennes et de Construction
(STRAC), Tunis; op by Aero-Sahara. CofA suspended El Aouina 19.1.60. Regd in Tunisia as
TS-BME 3.60 to same owner; probably not used. Regn cld .64. Remains Tunis (until .74).
6574 Toc as X7414 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU 12.10.41. To ATA White Waltham
28.10.41. To DH for maintenance 2.6.43; to 18 MU 8.9.43. To Royal Navy 11.10.44. To 782
Squadron, Donibristle 27.4.45. Fate unknown; reportedly crashed 1.45.
6575 Toc as X7415 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU 15.10.41. To 4 SS Madley 2.1.42;
became 4 RS 1.1.43; coded ‘485’. To 18 MU 4.1.46. To DH for maintenance 19.3.46; to 18 MU
10.12.46. Sold 21.5.48 to J Nesbit Evans & Co Ltd. Regd G-AKZO (CofR 12350) 20.5.48 to J
Nesbit-Evans & Co Ltd, Wednesbury. CofA 10205 issued 24.7.48. Regd 11.4.53 to Don Everall
(Aviation) Ltd, Elmdon. Regn cld 9.8.60 as sold in France. Regd F-BHFM 12.4.61 to Aero Club
d'Alsace, Strasbourg. Regd .63 to CIC de Parachutisme d'Alsace, Strasbourg. CofA suspended
11.66. Regn cld .67. Scrapped at La Ferte-Gaucher.
6576 Toc as X7416 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 20 MU 17.10.41. To 24 Squadron, Hendon
7.1.42. To 1 ADF, Croydon 23.1.42. To Redhill 6.11.44. To DH for maintenance 19.3.45; to 18
MU 20.6.45. To 1680 Flight, Prestwick 14.12.45. [Reported some time at 2 RS, coded ‘202’;
thought unlikely]. To AAJC Prestwick 16.4.46. Regd G-AHLL (CofR 10159) 8.5.46 to Scottish
Airways Ltd, Renfrew (on hire from MCA). CofA 7779 issued 28.6.46 [and dd 15.8.46]. Cld
31.1.47 & regd 1.2.47 to British European Airways Corporation; later named "RMA Sir Henry
Lawrence"; based St Just [5.57]. CofR changed to R1322 .50. Overshot on landing St Just and
hit hedge 21.5.59. Regn cld 30.7.59 as destroyed. To Exeter for spares, some parts extant
10.68.
6577 Toc as X7417 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU 22.10.41. To ATA White Waltham