ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234422
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Date: | Monday 29 August 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A |
Owner/operator: | Bees Flight Ltd |
Registration: | G-AJOL |
MSN: | 6321 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Cowfold, Horsham, West Sussex -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) |
Destination airport: | Lea Farm Aerodrome, Sandown, Isle of Wight |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Miles M.65 Gemini Mk 1A: First civil registered (C of R 11475/1; C of A 9416) on 6/5/47 as G-AJOL to the Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd., Andover, Hampshire. Registration cancelled/lapsed 31/7/47 upon sale
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 11475/2) on 14/8/47 to John Philip Stevenson Clarke, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight. Registration cancelled/lapsed 1/10/47 upon sale
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 11472/3) on 13/10/47 to Bees Flight Ltd., Carisbrook, Isle of Wight (same address as previous owner!).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29/8/49 when crashed at Cowfold, West Sussex. (Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, at approximate co-ordinates 50.98975°N 0.27256°W) shortly after take off from Gatwick. Wreckage recovered by road to Lea Farm Aerodrome, Sandown, Isle of Wight, where scrapped 1949.
Registration G-AJOL cancelled by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry on 7/9/49 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. Kites, Birds & Stuff - MILES Aircraft p.75 By P.D. Stemp
2.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJOL.pdf 3.
http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15746.0 4.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1993.pdf 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowfold Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Mar-2020 22:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-May-2022 02:14 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
21-Sep-2022 22:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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