ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 283576
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| Date: | Monday 20 June 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A |
| Owner/operator: | BKS Engineering Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AMEJ |
| MSN: | HPR.145 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ouville-la-Rivière, Seine-Maritime department, Normandy -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Dieppe, Normandy, France |
| Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex |
HPR.145 Gemini 1A. Completed by Handley Page (Reading) Ltd at Woodley (possibly from uncompleted airframes MSN 6529 or 6533). Registered G-AMEJ to Handley Page (Reading) Ltd 27.9.50. C of A No.A.2934/C of R R.2934/1. Re-regsitered (C of R R.2394/2) Balfour (Marine) Engineering Co Ltd, Ilford , Essex 26.6.51. Re-registered (C of R R.2394/3) to Miles Car Hire Ltd, Ilford, Essex 6.3.52. Re-registered when returned to Balfour (Marine) Engineering 21.6.52. (C of R R.2394/4 issued 28.6.52). To BKS Engineering Ltd, Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex 13.5.55 (C of R R.2394/5 issued same day).
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Ouville-la-Rivière, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. 20.6.55.
Scrapped at Southend Airport, Essex December 1957. Registration G-AMEJ cancelled 11.2.59 as "Destroyed In France".
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMEJ-1.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMEJ-2.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1994.pdf
4. French National Archives 19760051/86: https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/pdfIR.action?irId=FRAN_IR_057354
5. https://www.southendtimeline.co.uk/4/southend-timeline-southend-airport-diary-1909-1959-history-of-southend-on-sea.html (entry for 1957)
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouville-la-Rivi%C3%A8re
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2022 15:51 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 20-Sep-2022 15:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
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