Incident Miles M.65 Gemini 1A G-AIHM,
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Date:Sunday 18 November 1962
Time:day
Type:Miles M.65 Gemini 1A
Owner/operator:Thurston Engineering Ltd
Registration: G-AIHM
MSN: 6307
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Le Touquet – Côte d'Opale Airport, Pas de Calais -   France
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Le Touquet – Côte d'Opale Airport, Pas de Calais, France (LFAT)
Destination airport:Stapleford Tawney, Essex (EGSG)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
MSN 6307 Miles Gemini 1A. Registered (C of R 10683/1) as G-AIHM to the Marquess of Londonderry (Charles Stewart Henry Vane Tempest Stuart) Newtownards 17.9.46. C of A 6307 issued 27.9.46. Operated by Londonderry Air Charter, Newtownards. Re-registered (C of R 1567/2) to Ulster Aviation Ltd, Newtownards 22.1.48. Re-registered (C of R 1567/3) North West Airlines (IOM) Ltd, Ronaldsway 21.5.51.

Re-registered (C of R R1567/4) Ronald Arthur Young, Southend Airport, Couthend-on-Sea, Essex 10.12.51. Re-registered (C of R R 1567/5) to Miss Kathleen Anne King, Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex 31.5.54. Re-registered (C of R R 1567/6) to Herts & Essex Aero Club (1946) Ltd, Stapleford, Abridge, Essex 12.6.57. Re-registered (C of R R 1567/7) Barrie John Webb, Stapleford, Abridge, Essex 6.7.59. Re-registered (C of R R 1567/8) to Thurston Engineering Ltd, Stapleford, Abridge, Essex 3.5.61.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off from Le Touquet – Côte d'Opale Airport, Pas de Calais, France 18.11.62. Remains transported back to Stapleford and registration G-AIHM cancelled 28.12.62 as PWFU ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")

Sources:

1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIHM-1.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIHM-2.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIHM-3.pdf
4. G-AIHM various photos 1959-62: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AIHM
5. G-AIHM at Biggin Hill 11-6-62: https://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Miles-M-65-Gemini-1A/2376427/L?qsp=eJyrVkrOzytJrSgJqSxIVbJSSsxJKs1V0lEqSCxKzC1WsqqGiHimKFkZG1qYGdfWAgDBHxDa
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Touquet_%E2%80%93_C%C3%B4te_d'Opale_Airport

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Jul-2009 01:05 VHKDK Added
29-Nov-2012 16:46 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
17-Apr-2014 16:22 TB Updated [Embed code, Narrative]
20-Sep-2022 17:48 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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