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| Date: | Sunday 4 August 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.2F Hawk Major |
| Owner/operator: | Phillips & Powis School of Flying |
| Registration: | G-ACOP |
| MSN: | 41 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woodley Airfield, Reading, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Woodley Airfield, Reading, Berkshire |
Miles M.2 Hawk: First registered (C of R 4904) 28.5.34 as G-ACOP to Phillips & Powis School of Flying, Woodley Aerodrome, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire. C of A 4312 issued June 1934.
Written off (destroyed) 4.8.35 when crashed during aerobatics, over Woodley Airfield, Reading, Berkshire. Both persons on board killed: Flying Officer John Frederick Lawn (RAFO aged 35) and Emil Martin Jacoby Boysen (Danish National, aged 23).
Registration G-ACOP cancelled by the CAA on 2.12.35 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACOP.pdf
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. Leeuwarder niewsblad 5 August 1935, p.1
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-ACOP.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2016 19:03 | TB | Added |
| 14-Jan-2016 18:33 | TB | Updated [Operator, Country, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Nov-2016 00:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Nov-2016 00:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2017 13:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
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