Incident Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACJY,
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Date:Monday 25 September 1933
Time:day
Type:Miles M.2 Hawk
Owner/operator:Frederick George Miles
Registration: G-ACJY
MSN: 10
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire
Destination airport:Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
First registered (C of R 4447) on 1.9.33 as G-ACJY to Frederick George Miles, Woodley Aerodrome, Woodley, near Reading, Berkshire.

G-ACJY had a very short life: on 25.9.33, just over three weeks later, the Miles M.2 Hawk was wrecked when it hit a telegraph pole on landing at Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire 25.9.33. Registration G-ACJY cancelled by the Air Ministry on 2.12.33 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"

Sources:

1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACJY.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.htmll

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Dec-2017 23:54 Dr. John Smith Added
15-Mar-2022 10:48 Ron Averes Updated [Plane category]

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