Date:	Monday 8 July 1963
Time:	17:00
Type:	Auster J/1N Alpha
Owner/operator:	Holland Birkett & Donald Le Clair
Registration:	G-APKL
MSN:	3383
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Stella Plage, Berck-sur-Mer, near Le Touquet, Pas de Calais -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Survey
Departure airport:	White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire (EGLM)
Destination airport:	Le Touquet (LTQ/LFAT)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crashed 8/7/63 on the beach at Stella Plage, Berck-sur-Mer, near Le Touquet, Pas De Calais, France. Aircraft caught fire and was burnt out. The two persons on board were Holland Birkett and his wife, Margaret, who were both killed

Registration G-APKL cancelled by UK Civil Aviation Authority as "aircraft destroyed" 17/8/1963

1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 101/61: (French investigation: French accident report and English translation): https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5070071
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 101/62: (Departmental comments on French report: includes French report and English translation): https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5070072
3. CAA: History of G-APKL 1958-1960: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APKL-1.pdf
4. CAA: History of G-APKL 1960-1963: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APKL-2.pdf
5. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=3269
6. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?79048-Post-war-Blackbushe-Aero-Club&p=1335739
7. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1080009/
8. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/78670-ahhhh-austerrrrrrrrrr-merged-9.html#post922493

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
20-Jul-2009 21:21	VHKDK	Updated
06-Jan-2012 07:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Mar-2012 13:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source]
05-Apr-2012 00:18	birkett	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants]
23-May-2014 19:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
15-Dec-2014 15:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Embed code]
25-Nov-2020 21:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Nov-2020 21:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
25-Nov-2020 21:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator]
29-Nov-2020 22:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]