Incident Miles M.3A Falcon Major G-ADLI,
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Date:Wednesday 10 September 1952
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic FALM model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Miles M.3A Falcon Major
Owner/operator:The Ellenbrook Club
Registration: G-ADLI
MSN: 206
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Elstree, Hertfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Elstree Airfield, Elstree, Hertfordshire (EGTR)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
First registered (C of R 6040) on 10.7.35 as G-ADLI to Kennings Ltd., Skegness, Lincolnshire. C of A 4943 issued July 1935. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 8609) 5.7.38 to Kenneth James Dear, Liverpool (aircraft based at Redhill Aerodrome, Redhill, Surrey). Sold on and re-registered (C of R 8609/2) 23.8.39 to Charles Brian Field, Kingswood, Surrey. Sold on and re-registered (C or R 8609/3) 17.11.41 to Marshalls Flying School Ltd., Cambridge. The aircraft became a regular visitor to RAF Clyffe Pypard, painted in green/brown camouflage and with Arthur Marshall aboard. Reportedly he visited the station on alternate Sundays, flying himself from Cambridge and back.Appears not to have been impressed into military service; no military serial allocated.

Next sold on and re-registered post war (on 12.6.46) to Charles Philip Lloyd Godsal, London SW.1 (aircraft based at Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex). Sold on and re-registered (C of R 8609/5) 27548 to Leslie James Edward Bradley, Birmingham.

Sold on and re-registered (C of R 8609/6) 21.6.50 to James William Farggas, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 258/7) on 29.10.51 to James William Farggas (previous owner) and Timothy Robin Hilton, St. Albans, Hertfordshire a.k.a. The Ellenbrook Club

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10.9.52 when crashed at Elstree Aerodrome, Elstree, Hertfordshire. Registration G-ADLI cancelled by the Air Ministry as "accident 10.9.52"

Sources:

1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADLI-1.pdf
4. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADLI-2.pdf
5. http://dunxc2.wixsite.com/pypard/1940-41

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Jan-2018 20:19 Dr. John Smith Added

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