ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278156
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 January 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A |
| Owner/operator: | John Howard & Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AKHA |
| MSN: | 6507 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haditha (al-Ḥadīthah), Al Anbar Governorate, near Kirkuk -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Haditha (al-Ḥadīthah), Al Anbar Governorate, near Kirkuk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
MSN 6507 Miles Gemini 1A. Registered (C of R 11914/1) as G-AKHA to John Howard & Co Ltd., London SW.1, 16.9.47. C of A 9749 issued 10.10.47.
Written off when burst tyre on landing at Haditha, near Kirkuk, Iraq 25.1.49 and damaged beyond repair in resulting crash. Registration G-AKHA formally cancelled by Air Ministry 22.3.49 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft".
Haditha (Arabic: حَدِيثَةٌ, al-Ḥadīthah) is a city in the western Iraqi Al Anbar Governorate, about 240 km (150 miles) northwest of Baghdad.
Sources:
1. P D Stemp, 2010, The Aviation Archive of Miles Aircraft
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKHA.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1993.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haditha
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2022 07:37 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 15-May-2022 23:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 19-Sep-2022 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2022 22:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Sep-2022 17:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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