ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278153
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 March 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A |
| Owner/operator: | Eric F. Thurston (regd. owner) |
| Registration: | G-AJEX |
| MSN: | 6324 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Panshanger Airfield, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Panshanger Airfield, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (EGLG) |
| Stapleford Aerodrome (EGSG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
MSN 6324: Miles M.65 Gemini 1A. First Registered (C of R 11237/1) as G-AJEX to Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd, Samlesbury, Lancashire 3.2.47. C of A 9007 issued 11.4.47.
Re-registered (C of R 11237/2) to Raymond G.Kennedy, Manchester, 21.5.47. Registration cancelled 16.5.49 then re-registered (C of R 11237/3, later R 592/3: C of A amended to A 592) to Modern Homes (Jersey) Ltd, St. Helier, Jersey 30.6.49. Registration briefly cancelled 9.1.51 prior to sale.
Re-registered (C of R R 592/4) to Mansfield Autos Ltd, London W.1, 10.2.51. Re-registered (C of R R 592/5) to Roger Frogley (operator of Herts & Essex Aero Club), Broxbourne, Nazeing, Essex 6.4.51 and re-registered (C of R 592/6) to Herts & Essex Aero Club (1946) Ltd, Broxbourne, Nazeing, Essex on 29.10.52, later (from 2.11.54) at Stapleford, Abridge, Essex. Re-registered (C of R R 592/7) to Eric F. Thurston, Stapleford, Abridge, Essex, 12.10.56.
Written off (destroyed) when lost propeller on take off from Panshanger Airfield, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire 4.3.59, due to crankshaft failure; crashed and destroyed by fire. One killed in crash at Panshanger. At the time it was owned by E F Thurston, and operated by Morley Aviation Ltd, Stapleford. Inexperience of the pilot, W. L. M. O'Connor, on his first solo in a twin-engine aircraft, may also have contributed.
Registration G-AJEX cancelled 18.3.59 as "Destroyed".
Sources:
1. P D Stemp, 2010, The Aviation Archive of Miles Aircraft
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJEX-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJEX-2.pdf
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1993.pdf
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1994.pdf
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1995.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panshanger_Aerodrome
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2022 07:17 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 15-May-2022 23:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 22-Sep-2022 21:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Sep-2022 17:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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