ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201035
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| Date: | Monday 29 July 1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Captain George Frederick Boyle |
| Registration: | G-AAJU |
| MSN: | 1103 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Valley Farm, near Kingsbury, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 1103: DH.60G [Gipsy I] Single-seater, registered as G-AAJU [C of R 2080] 5.7.29 to Captain George Frederick Boyle, Heston, Middlesex. C of A 2108 issued 11.7.29.
Written off (destroyed) when collided with G-AAKL over Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, 29.7.29 and crashed at Valley Farm, near Kingsbury, Middlesex; destroyed by fire on impact with the ground and pilot/owner Captain George Frederick Boyle killed. Moth G-AAKL was struck from underneath by Moth G-AAJU. Both persons on board G-AAKL - Flight Lt Arthur S. White (DH chief demonstration pilot) and passenger Frederick Lincoln Knight - were also killed.
Registration G-AAJU cancelled 9.29 due to destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Note that the official file at The National Archives at Kew (File AVIA 5/11/C144 - see link #1) gives the crash location as "Stag Lane, Edgeware". The crash site of "Valley Farm, Kingsbury" has an interesting history. Originally built around 1870 as a dairy farm, it underwent changes over the years. During World War I, the farmer, William White, turned it into a meat production facility with its own slaughterhouse. By 1930, with plans for a branch line of the Metropolitan Railway through Kingsbury to Stanmore (including a nearby station along Kingsbury Road), White sold off his fields to developer George Cloke. The farmhouse on the property survived until the late 1950s, when a block of Wembley Borough Council flats called Sutherland Court was constructed on the site
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/11/C144: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576612
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAJU.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFhanUiXQ==
5. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
7. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9VH7-SGB/captain-george-frederick-boyle-1893-1929
8. https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/450677
9. https://www.thepeerage.com/p4967.htm
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbury,_London
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2017 00:22 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Dec-2023 08:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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