ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178440
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| Date: | Sunday 20 July 1969 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.38 Messenger 2A |
| Owner/operator: | Richard Thomas Knowles (regd. owner) |
| Registration: | G-AKKN |
| MSN: | 6709 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Barford, 2 miles South of Warwick, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shoreham Airport, Lancing, West Sussex (EGKA) |
| Coventry Airport, Baginton (CVT/EGBE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 6709 G-AKKN Messenger Mk.2A (155 hp Blackburn Cirrus Major III) with oval rear windows. Registration G-AKKN was first allocated in November 1947 as 'Reserved for Miles Aircraft Ltd.' The aircraft was completed at Woodley by Handley Page (Reading) Ltd in 1949 and registered 22.9.49 with C of R No.12001/1 as a series IIA to P S Murphy, Ballymena, Co Antrim. C of A No.10715 was issued on 26.9.49 to Patrick Sylvester Murphy, based Newtownards. Registration cancelled 22.4.53 and re-registered 5.5.53 (with new C of R R 974/2 and new C of A A 974) to Stanley Kenneth Davies, London.
Registration cancelled 28.12.56 and re-registered (C of R R 974/3) to 10.1.57 to Cambrian Contractors Ltd, Cardiff; based Cardiff-Rhoose. While operated by Glamorgan Aviation Ltd G-AKKN crashed in an attempted forced landing 2 miles north of Dumfries following propeller trouble, 22.4.58.
Registration cancelled 19.6.58 and re-registered (C of R R 974/4) to Derby Aviation Ltd, Burnaston, Derbyshire 27.6.58. Rebuilt and re-registered (C of R R 974/5) to James Edward Peters, Sheffield 22.12.59. Registration cancelled 22.6.61 and re-registered (C of R R 974/6) 7.7.61 to David Kenneth Foster, Wolverhampton.
Registration cancelled 26.10.63 and re-registered (C of R 974/7) on 18.11.63 to Robert George Steen Payton, Old Hill, Staffordshire. Registration cancelled 22.5.64 and re-registered (C of R R 974/8) 6.7.64 to William Hentry Broderick, Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Registration cancelled 7.10.64 and re-registered (C of R R 974/9) on 13.10.64 to William Stevens, Trowbridge
Then re-registered (C of R R 974/10) to William Stevens & Timothy James Alan Colthurst, Trowbridge/Westbury 4.12.64 and again to Stevens alone 5.9.66 (C of R R 974/11) by which time it was stored at Lulsgate, Bristol. To Thruxton later in 1966, registration cancelled 11.3.67 and re-registered 16.3.67 (C of R R 974/12) to Derek Miles, Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire; aircraft based at Thruxton. Registered owners address changed on 9.5.68 to Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Registration cancelled 29.4.68 and re-registered (C of R R 974/13) on 21.5.68 to Richard Thomas Knowles, Snitterford, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and based at Baginton (Coventry Airport) by June 1968.
G-AKKN was damaged in a forced landing near Barford, 2 miles south of Warwick when the propeller broke en-route from Shoreham to Baginton 20.7.69. Cancelled from published register 5.70 as 'damaged', presumably as a result of this incident. Believed broken up at Baginton 1970-71. Finally cancelled 20.2.73 as "P.W.F.U." (Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKKN-1.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKKN-2.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKKN-3.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKKN-4.pdf
5. Yorkshire Air News (November 1969): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/1969%2011.pdf
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2002.pdf
7. G-AKKN post accident 20.7.69: https://www.flickr.com/photos/keith_brooks/50254612787/in/photolist-cvjY1U-9iStaN-2jyQ2xa-6fSU4H-asVuYk
8. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1476605/
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barford,_Warwickshire
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2015 02:42 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Oct-2022 20:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 02-Oct-2022 19:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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