AP-AES - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AES

Certificate of Registration Number:

120

Registration Date:

August 1950

Operator/Owner:

Aircraft Type:

de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth

Construction Number:

8091

Line Number:

Year Built:

1936

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

G-ADSK

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Next Registration:

D-EJOM

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

First flight on July 30, 1937. Aircraft registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-ADSK, Baron Vivian Richardson, September 17, 1938. Aircraft ownership changed, July 7, 1940. Royal Air Force (RAF) serial number AV952, July 1940, served in World War II. Re-registered in UK as G-ADSK, Western Airways Limited, May 20, 1946. Aircraft ownership changed, October 18, 1946. John Nathan Somers, December 2, 1946. Aircraft ownership changed, December 1, 1947. Horace Clifford Westcott, December 8, 1947. Aircraft ownership changed, July 20, 1949. John Nathan Somers, July 22, 1949. Aircraft ownership changed, August 1, 1949. Edward Donald, August 24, 1949. Aircraft ownership changed, sold abroad, August 22, 1950. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AES, operated/owned by J.W.E. Based in Dacca, East Pakistan. Registration AP-AES removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on December 31, 1956. Sold in Germany, 1957. Aircraft registered in West Germany as D-EJOM. Crashed on delivery flight to Germany in 1957. Aircraft returned to UK for repair work. Seen undergoing repair work at Stapleford Aerodrome, UK, on January 2, 1958. Aircraft repaired. Re-registered in UK as G-ADSK, Peter Bruno, August 1, 1958. Seen at Stapleford Aerodrome, UK, on September 2, 1959. Aircraft ownership changed, April 8, 1960. Patrick Lyons, June 29, 1960. Aircraft ownership changed June 21, 1961. Arthur James Mathews, June 23, 1961. Aircraft ownership changed, April 26, 1962. Aldo Giovanni Pietro Barbieri, May 8, 1962. Aircraft ownership notified, March 4, 1964. Florence Teresa Lucinda Turner, March 11, 1964. Ownership changed, April 21, 1966. DSK Flying Group, May 19, 1966. Aircraft ownership changed, October 1, 1966. James Edwin Wilson, February 16, 1967. Aircraft ownership changed, September 15, 1986. Acquired by Ray Turner (Light Aircraft Servicing). Aircraft crashed at Cryfield Grange Farm, Kenilworth, UK. Wreckage cannibalized for use in the restoration of Hornet Moth registration G-ADLY (construction number 8020). Aircraft restored and rebuilt again. Re-registered as G-ADSK, Laurence John Rice, August 20, 1993. Aircraft ownership changed, October 18, 1993. Robert Gerald Grocott, October 18, 1993. Registration G-ADSK cancelled on January 11, 2002, was to be exported to New Zealand. Fate unknown.

Photo:

de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth

de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth (Abbas Ali Collection)

de Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth (registration AP-AES)