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| Date: | Monday 29 August 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A |
| Owner/operator: | Bees Flight Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AJOL |
| MSN: | 6321 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cowfold, Horsham, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) |
| Lea Farm Aerodrome, Sandown, Isle of Wight | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Miles M.65 Gemini Mk 1A: First civil registered (C of R 11475/1; C of A 9416) on 6/5/47 as G-AJOL to the Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd., Andover, Hampshire. Registration cancelled/lapsed 31/7/47 upon sale
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 11475/2) on 14/8/47 to John Philip Stevenson Clarke, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight. Registration cancelled/lapsed 1/10/47 upon sale
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 11472/3) on 13/10/47 to Bees Flight Ltd., Carisbrook, Isle of Wight (same address as previous owner!).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29/8/49 when crashed at Cowfold, West Sussex. (Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, at approximate co-ordinates 50.98975°N 0.27256°W) shortly after take off from Gatwick. Wreckage recovered by road to Lea Farm Aerodrome, Sandown, Isle of Wight, where scrapped 1949.
Registration G-AJOL cancelled by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry on 7/9/49 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. Kites, Birds & Stuff - MILES Aircraft p.75 By P.D. Stemp
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJOL.pdf
3. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15746.0
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1993.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowfold
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2020 22:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-May-2022 02:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 21-Sep-2022 22:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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