ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205187
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| Date: | Monday 26 June 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival P.10 Vega Gull |
| Owner/operator: | Edward Gordon Houston Forsyth |
| Registration: | G-AELE |
| MSN: | K.26 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bay of Canche, Pas-de-Calais 62 -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Le Touquet, Pas De Calais, France (LFAT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registerd [C of R 7086] on 21.5.36 as G-AELE to Sir William Lindsay Everard, MP, whose address was given as being "Ratcliffe Aerodrome, Leicester" (although G-AELE was based at Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent). C of A 5519 issued June 1936. Four Vega Gulls competed in the 1936 King’s Cup Air Race, which was then a much longer affair than today’s event, with an eliminating heat of more than 1,200 miles; these machines fought a challenging match with the team from the Miles brigade from Woodley, near Reading. Charles Gardner in Vega Gull G-AELE was first home to win at an average speed of 164.47 mph
Substantially damaged 2.1.38 when engine failed and while trying to make a downwind landing, pilot hit hedge at Ratcliffe aerodrome. Leceistershire.
Sold on and re-registered [C of R 7086/2] on 19.5.39 to Edward Gordon Houston Forsyth, Gracechurch Street, London EC.2 (aircraft based at Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26.6.39 when ditched into the Bay of Canche, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, département of Pas-de-Calais, France
Registration G-AELE belatedly cancelled by the Air Ministry post war, on 3.7.46, due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft". A note on the aircraft's record card states "(Census 1945)"; which indicates that the Air Ministry were only made aware of the demise of G-AELE after a return from the last registered owners, in response to the Air Ministry's 1945 census into the existence (or not) of all UK-registered pre-war civil aircraft
Sources:
1. General Aviation February 2006 P.38
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AELE.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A9.html
5. https://leicestershire-aviation.co.uk/aircraft-crashes-force-landings-in-leicestershire/
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-percival-p10-vega-gull-le-touquet
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canche
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2018 01:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Jan-2018 16:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Country] |
| 28-Jan-2018 16:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 26-Oct-2022 16:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 26-Oct-2022 16:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Category] |
| 26-Oct-2022 16:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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