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

R2007 .50. Cld 27.3.52 & regd 24.4.52 to Airlines (Jersey) Ltd t/a Jersey Airlines, Jersey. Regn
cld 13.9.55 as sold in France; inspected Toussus 19.9.55. Regd F-OATD 20.9.55 to Transports
Aeriens du Gabon (Air Gabon), Libreville. Regd 1.58 to M Boularne-Lafond, Port Gentil, CAR.
Regd 9.58 to Groupement Aeronautique et Automobile, Port Gentil and operated by Air Gabon.
Destroyed Tchibanga 8.11.60. Regn cld 1.61.
6630 Toc as X7513 against Contract No B.104592/40 at Abbotsinch Station Flight 31.5.42. To 1680
Flight, Abbotsinch 15.6.43. Flew into ground in snowstorm Braehead, 2 mls SW of Barrhead,
Renfrewshire 1.3.44; 6 inj.
6631 Toc as X7514 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU 11.6.42. To 1 SS Cranwell 19.6.42. To
DH for maintenance 18.7.44; to 18 MU 29.10.44. To Technical Training Command Comm Flight,
White Waltham 2.6.45; to Wyton 29.10.45; coded “TWY-C”. To 18 MU 20.6.46. Sold 19.2.47 to
Field Aircraft Services Ltd. Regd G-AJFL (CofR 11251) 29.1.47 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd,
Croydon. Regn cld 28.3.47 as sold to Uganda. Erroneously "restored" to The Uganda Co Ltd
10.4.47. UK CofA 8980 issued 30.4.47. Regd VP-UAW 4.47 to The Uganda Co Ltd. Damaged
by fire on start-up of starboard engine Zanzibar 21.9.47; believed not repaired.
6632 Toc as X7515 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU 11.6.42. To 47 MU 20.6.42. Shipped
ex Liverpool in SS Nigerian; arr West Africa 29.8.42 (also reported as shipped out 29.8.42; arr
Middle East 3.10.42). To Ikeja Station Flight. Soc 22.11.44.
6633 Toc as X7516 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 17.6.42. To 2 SS Yatesbury 26.6.42;
renamed 2 RS 1.1.43; coded “206”. To DH for maintenance 21.8.43; to 18 MU 19.7.45 [sic]. To
Royal Navy 17.10.45 [unconfirmed and unlikely]. To CRD at Blackburn Aircraft Ltd, Brough
14.11.45. Sold 31.7.46 to Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. Regd G-AHLU (CofR 10167) 2.5.46 to Flying
Training Ltd, Hanworth. Cld & regd 22.5.46 to North Sea Air Transport Ltd, Hanworth. CofA
7792 issued 30.7.46. Cld 16.11.49 & regd 21.11.49 to Edward John Connellan t/a Connellan
Airways, Alice Springs, Australia; flown UK to Australia, arriving Alice Springs 8.12.49. Regn cld
as entered on Australian Register wef 14.12.49. Regd VH-AHI 14.12.49 to Edward John
Connellan t/a Connellan Airways, Alice Springs; operated for Flying Doctor Service. Regd
14.3.51 to Connellan Airways Ltd, Alice Springs. Badly damaged in take-off crash in bush in
Hookers Creek, NT 5.1.53. Trucked back 1000 mls to Alice Springs and rebuilt over twelve
months. Wfu Alice Springs 12.56 and regn cld 13.5.58.
6634 Toc as X7517 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 19.6.42. To 2 SS Yatesbury 27.6.42;
renamed 2 RS 1.1.43; coded “207”. To 18 MU 5.4.45. Soc during maintenance 3.9.45.
6635 Toc as X7518 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 24.6.42. To 1 SS Cranwell 20.7.42;
renamed 1 RS 1.1.43. To DH for maintenance 26.5.44; to 5 MU 24.9.44. Sold 25.3.48 to
Aircraft & Engineering Services Ltd. Regd G-AKMG (CofR 12044) 24.2.48 to Aircraft &
Engineering Services Ltd, Croydon. Regd 9.4.48 to Sivewright Airways Ltd, Barton. CofA 10061
issued 13.5.48. CofA lapsed 18.6.51. Regd 3.3.52 to Transair Ltd, Croydon. Regn cld 23.4.52
as sold in France. Inspecte Le Bourget 25.6.52. Regd F-BGPI 25.6.52 to Aigle Azur Indochine,
Hanoi. Regd 22.10.53 to Societe Autrex, Hanoi. CofA suspended Sam Neua 22.5.58, probably
after accident. Regn cld 30.11.59.
6636 Toc as X7519 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 30.6.42. To 271 Squadron, Doncaster
11.7.42. To 24 Squadron, Hendon 6.1.44. To Metropolitan Communications Squadron, Hendon
8.9.44. To DH for maintenance 17.9.45; to 18 MU 3.4.46. Sold 19.12.47 to WA Webb. Regd G-
AKOP (CofR 12103) 9.12.47 to Theodore William Morton, Croydon (but entry deleted). Regd
11.12.47 to William Alfred Webb, London SW14 (based Croydon). CofA 9909 issued 14.1.48.
Cld 8.1.48 & regd 9.2.48 to Denham Air Services Ltd, Denham. Regn cld 3.5.48 as sold
(reportedly to France). To Israel Air Force.
6637 Toc as X7520 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 7.7.42. To 27 MU 15.7.42. Shipped
ex Glasgow 18.8.42 on Empire Might to Cape Town; arr 16.9.42. To SAAF 1360 at 9 AD 9.42.
To 62 Air School 15.10.42. To 11 OTU, A Flight 15.9.44. To 61 Squadron 6.45. Sold .46. [Soc
by RAF 31.10.46 as sold locally]. Regd ZS-BMW .47. Regn not taken up.
6638 Toc as X7521 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 17.7.42. To DH for maintenance
20.9.42; to 18 MU 17.10.42. To 2 SS Yatesbury 20.12.42; renamed 2 RS 1.1.43. To 5 MU
20.9.44. To Church Fenton Station Flight 20.4.47. To 64 Group Comm Flt 6.47. To 18 MU
24.1.49. Sold as scrap 28.4.49 to Short Bros & Harland Ltd. Regd G-ALOV (CofR 12728)
29.4.49 to Short Bros & Harland Ltd, Rochester. CofA 10583 issued 30.5.49. Sold 14.1.54 (to
unknown party; but probably WA Rollason Ltd, Croydon). Regn cld 1.3.54 as sold in French
Equatorial Africa; inspected Toussus 30.3.54. Regd F-OAPS 1.4.54 to Societe Transports
Aeriens du Gabon, Libreville. Destroyed by fire on start up Ekouata, French Equatorial Africa
16.3.55. Regn cld 11.10.55.
6639 Toc as X7522 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 2.8.42. To 24 Squadron, Hendon
17.8.42. To 8th AF USAAC 1.12.42. To USAAF Warton [2.43]. Landing accident Burtonwood