ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66085
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| Date: | Thursday 5 January 1961 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A |
| Owner/operator: | Drygene Towel Company (Paper) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AKDJ |
| MSN: | 6448 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bispham Beach, Blackpool, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Blackpool Airport, Squires Gare, Blackpool(BLK/EGNH) |
| Renfrew Airport, Glasgow | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
6448: Miles M.65 Gemini 1A. First Registered (C of R 11823/1, later R 2296/1) as G-AKDJ to Wing Commander
H. C. Kennard, (t/a Air Kruise (Kent) Ltd), Lympne, Kent 20.8.47, and C of A 9648 issued 22.8.47.
Damage in a Forced landing on waste ground near Lympne, Kent 23.11.47, repaired returned to service. Registration G-AKDJ cancelled 2.7.51 upon sale.
Re-registered (C of R 2296/2) on 6.7.51 to C. F. L. Hersee, Cambridge. Later Dublin, Ireland (from 31.7.52 and later St. Helier, Jersey, (from 21.12.52). Registration cancelled 6.10.58 prior to sale.
Re-registered (C of R 2296/3) to Air Couriers Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey 9.10.58. Registration cancelled prior to sale 18.10.58.
Re-registered (C of R 2296/4) on 30.10.58 to H.Laing, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire (aircraft based at
Denham, Buckinghamshire, then moved to Biggin Hill, Kent in 1959). Registration cancelled 1.1.60 prior to sale.
Re-registered (C of R 2296/5) to Drygene Towel Co (Paper) Ltd, Glasgow (aircraft based Renfrew Airport, Glasgow) 25.4.60.
Crashed shortly after take off from Blackpool, 5.1.61: force landed at night on Bispham Beach, Blackpool, Lancashire, and damaged beyond repair, after being overwhelmed by the rising tide (structurally damaged due to prolonged immersion in salt water). Struck off register 12.6.61 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft".
Sources:
1. Wings over Nazeing, Volume 2 By Leslie Kimm
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKDJ-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKDJ-2.pdf
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AKDJ.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1993.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2009 23:29 | VHKDK | Added |
| 28-Nov-2012 16:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature, Source] |
| 28-Nov-2012 16:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2013 06:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2022 22:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Sep-2022 22:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]] |
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