Incident Miles M.65 Gemini 1A G-AKHY,
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Date:Sunday 4 April 1965
Time:day
Type:Miles M.65 Gemini 1A
Owner/operator:Paul Stanton Ryder t/a Knight Flying Group
Registration: G-AKHY
MSN: 6526
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Shebbear, Toridge District, Devon -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Dunkeswell Airfield, Honiton, Devon (EGTU)
Destination airport:Staverton, Gloucestershire (EGBJ)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
MSN 6526: Miles M.65 Gemini 1A. First Registered (C of R 11936/1) as G-AKHY to Miles Aircraft Ltd, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire 21.10.47. C of A 9826 issued 7.11.47. Registration cancelled 19.1.48 prior to sale

Re-registered (C of R 11936/2) to Kenning Aviation Ltd, Burnaston, Derbyshire 2.2.48. Registration cancelled 31.5.48 prior to sale.

Re-registered (C of R 11936/3) 18.6.48 to Air Schools Ltd; operated by Derby Aero Club Ltd, at Burnaston, Derbyshire. Registration cancelled 3.12.49 prior to sale.

Re-registered (C of R 11936/4) to The Hon. Michael Anthony Rathbone Cayzer, Horsham, Sussex (aircraft based at Redhill, Surrey) 10.12.49. Registration cancelled 24.1.51 prior to sale.

Sold via F.G.Miles Ltd., Redhill, Surrey (to whom re-registered on 29.1.51 on C of R R 2647/5). Registration cancelled 30.4.51, then Re-registered (C of R R 2647/6) to Smiths Aircraft Instruments Ltd, Staverton, Gloucestershire on 8.5.51. Re-registered (C of R R 2647/7) Aircraft Division of S.Smith & Sons (England) Ltd, Cricklewood, London W 2, 11.10.61 (aircraft remained based at Staverton, Gloucestershire). Registration cancelled 6.11.63 prior to sale.

Re-registered (C of R R 2647/8) to Paul Stanton Ryder (Trustee of the Knight Flying Group), Staverton, Gloucestershire 23.12.63.

Destroyed in forced landing at Shebbear, Devon 4.4.65. Shebbear is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district in Devon, England. Registration G-AKHY cancelled 4.4.65 as "P.W.F.U." (Permanently Withdrawn From Use").

Sources:

1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKHY-1.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKHY-2.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKHY-3.pdf
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1994.pdf
5. http://www.english-for-flyaways.de/displayimage.php?pid=506
6. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AKHY.html
7. G-AKHY at Staverton (EGBJ) in January 1958: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1184753/
8. https://ms-my.facebook.com/aviationphotocompany/posts/4820138578055091
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebbear

Media:

G-AKHY at Staverton (EGBJ) in January 1958 The Aviation Photo Company: Great Britain 1 &emdash; Miles Gemini G-AKHY

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Nov-2010 15:25 VHKDK Added
02-Dec-2012 04:46 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Apr-2014 09:25 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
19-Sep-2022 21:09 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]
19-Sep-2022 21:10 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
23-Sep-2022 00:00 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]

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