Incident Miles M.65 Gemini 1A F-BGPR,
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Date:Sunday 18 March 1962
Time:day
Type:Miles M.65 Gemini 1A
Owner/operator:Armand Bernado
Registration: F-BGPR
MSN: 6311
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Pézenas, Hérault 34 -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
MSN 6311 Miles Gemini 1A. Registered (C of R 10777/1) as G-AILG to Miles Aircraft Ltd, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire 18.10.46. C of A 8601 (later A 530) issued 30.1.47. To Neptune Continental Merchants Ltd (London) 1.5.47. Registration G-AILG cancelled 18.4.52 as "sold abroad (France) F-BGPR"

Re-registered in France as F-BGPR to Ets. Marc Rozier, Lyon-Bron 9.5.52, named "Jeroboam". To Aero Club du Rhone et Sud-Est, Lyon 2.59. To Armand Bernado, Pezenas 2.62.

C of A suspended 18.3.62 at Pezenas, reported written off in crash at Pézenas. Pézenas is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Note that the date of "18.3.62" is purely nominal, as that is the date the C of A was suspended, but not neccesarily the date of the accident. Registration F-BGPR formally cancelled 6.11.64

Sources:

1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AILG.pdf
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1993.pdf
3. https://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=173393
4. Miles M.65 Gemini 1A, G-AILG (To F-BGPR 1952) @ Gatwick 19-7-51: https://live-fts.flickr.com/photos/dwhitworth/6835122769/in/photolist-bpZMSi
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9zenas

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Sep-2022 14:28 Dr. John Smith Added
15-Nov-2022 18:56 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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