ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231454
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| Date: | Thursday 26 February 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | Wolverhampton Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AKMN |
| MSN: | 5992 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wheaton Aston Airfield, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pendeford Airfield, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire |
| Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer Mk.III: Ex-RAF Miles Magister L5992. Served with 12 OTU and the Air Transport Auxilliary, before being sold off for civilian use. First civil registered (C of R 12051/1) on 27/11/47 as G-AKMN to Laurence Dudley Trappitt, Whyteleafe, Surrey (and later London W.14). Registration cancelled 20/11/50.
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 12051/2) on 12/12/50 to Wolverhampton Aviation Ltd., Wolverhampton Staffordshire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26/02/53 when took off from Pendeford Airfield, Wolverhampton, for a solo training flight to Wheaton Aston, but crashed into a ploughed field on the outskirts of Wheaton Aston aerodrome. The pilot, Geoffrey Harold Lloyd, was a 17 year old sergeant in the Air Training Corps and he died from his injures Registration G-AKMN cancelled by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry, on 13/10/53 as "destroyed"
Wheaton Aston is a small village in Staffordshire, England about 9 miles south west of Stafford and 7 miles west of Cannock. It is located beside Bridge 19 of the Shropshire Union Canal. The civil parish is called Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston.
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 219/48: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C414820
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 219/49: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C414821
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKMN.pdf
4. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/nwcrashes1945-52.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheaton_Aston
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-2019 20:22 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Dec-2019 22:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 04-May-2021 18:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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