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Date: | Tuesday 2 July 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Miles M.17 Monarch |
Owner/operator: | Hertbert Hodson Mould |
Registration: | G-AFCR |
MSN: | 638 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Este, near Venice -
Italy
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Prototype of the Miles M.17 Monarch, first flown 21.2.37 at Woodley Aerodrome, Reading, in "Class B" markings as "U-1". First registered [C of R 8181] 17.11.37 as G-AFCR to Philips & Powis Aircraft Ltd., Woodley Aerodrome, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire. C of A 6295 issued November 1937. Registration G-AFCR cancelled 23.9.39.
Stored from 4.9.39 - when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of war - until 26.1.46, when the registration was restored [C of R 8181/2] to Norman Roy Harben, Derby (aircraft based at Burnaston Airfield, Derby Airport, Derby, Derbyshire). Unusually, G-AFCR was never impressed into military service during WW II.
Sold on and re-registered [C of R 8181/3] on 10.9.46 to Air Schools Ltd., London SW.1 (although G-AFCR remained based at Burnaston, Derby). Registration cancelled 20.3.52. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 801/4) on 3.4.52 to Herbert Hodson Mould, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2.7.57 when wrecked in a forced landing at Este, near Venice, Italy. Registration G-AFCR cancelled 16.5.58 as "(destroyed)"
Sources:
1. Amos, Peter. and Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-2.
2. Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. ISBN 0-370-00127-3.
3. Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft 1919–1972: Volume III. London: Putnam, 1988. ISBN 0-85177-818-6.
4.
http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af 5.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFCR.pdf 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A10.html 7.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1443988/ 8.
http://museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk/html/gallery/m17.htm 9.
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?109479-1950-s-60-s-Archive-Part-30-Miles-Aircraft&p=1755276#post1755276 Images:
Wolverhampton (Pendeford) Airfield, UK (closed) - 23rd June 1957
Wolverhampton (Pendeford) Airfield, UK (closed) - 23rd June 1957
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Feb-2018 20:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
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19-Feb-2020 15:18 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |
19-Feb-2020 15:52 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |