ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25248
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 December 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.57 Aerovan 4 |
| Owner/operator: | Meridian Air Maps |
| Registration: | G-AJKP |
| MSN: | 6401 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Whiteheath, near Oldbury, Worcestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Wolverhampton Airfield, Pendeford, Staffordshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Miles M.57 Aerovan Mk.IV G-AJKP: Written off (destroyed) 17/12/57 when crashed at Whiteheath, near Oldbury, Worcestershire. The pilot was killed. According to an eyewitness report:
"I am sure this was the plane I saw crash from Barnford Park while I was supposed to be playing football as a school boy.It lost a wing (starboard) in flight which fluttered down and I sure the local paper reported that it, the wing that, is landed on the roof of the Midland red bus station. I was 13 at the time and far more interested in aviation than football hence I watched the plane rather than the ball."
Registration G-AJKP cancelled 21/3/58 as "destroyed". There are photographs taken at Staverton, Gloucestershire (EGBJ) on 21/7/58 show the dumped wreckage of G-AJKP (see link #4)
Sources:
1. Worthing Gazette - Wednesday 18 December 1957
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File DR 11/25: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1200922
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJKP-2.pdf
4. Wreckage dumped at Staverton, Gloucestershire (EGBJ) on 21/7/58: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1051046 and https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1066489
6. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AJKP
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-miles-m57-aerovan-iv-oldbury-1-killed
8. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/465644-aerovan-crash-manchester-1957-a-2.html#post9244809
9. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=16598.0
Images:
Taken at Staverton (EGBJ) Airport on 21/07/1958 where the wreckage was recovered to and stored.
Taken at Staverton (EGBJ) on 21/07/1958 where the wreckage was recovered to and stored.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Dec-2012 14:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2012 09:00 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2019 08:14 | Len Hadley | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2020 20:23 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 04-Feb-2020 20:23 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 02-Apr-2020 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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