ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17094
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1948 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A |
| Owner/operator: | Duncan Smith (regd. owner) |
| Registration: | OO-CDW |
| MSN: | 6445 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | N'Dolo Airport, Leopoldville, Belgian Congo -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | N'Dolo Airport, Leopoldville, Belgian Congo (FZAB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Miles Gemini Mk.1A: First registered (C of R 11573/1; C of A 9492) on 2-6-47 as G-AJTJ to Miles Aircraft of South Africa Ltd., Johannesburg. Registration G-AJTJ cancelled 3-5-48 as "Sold Abroad - OO-CDW". Registered to Duncan Smith, Leopoldville, Belgian Congo as OO-CDW 26-5-48 with C of R No.C-107
Written off 26-5-48 when destroyed in a gale while parked at N'Dolo Airport, Leopoldville, Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo). It is believed that the aircraft was unoccupied at the time. Registration OO-CDW cancelled 12-10-49 as "destroyed".
Sources:
1. Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
2, Kites, Birds & Stuff - MILES Aircraft.p.75 By P.D. Stemp
2. http://www.brugier.com/n_oo.htm#OO-CAA
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJTJ.pdf
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1993.pdf
5. https://b.21-bal.com/pravo/12677/index.html?page=5
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N'Dolo_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2008 07:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Nov-2012 15:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2014 08:26 | TB | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2019 20:24 | cobar | Updated [Country] |
| 06-Mar-2020 23:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2022 16:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 20-Sep-2022 16:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2022 13:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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