Date:	Thursday 5 July 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Miles M.57 Aerovan Mk IV
Owner/operator:	Air Ads Ltd
Registration:	G-AJWD
MSN:	6412
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Overpelt, Limburg -   Belgium
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	France
Destination airport:	Belgium
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Miles M.57 Aerovan Mk. IV G-AJWD. Written off (destroyed) 5/7/56. For unknown reasons, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a field located in Herzeele, about 20 km south of Dunkerque. The aircraft was written off and the occupants fates remains unknown.

Registration G-AJWD cancelled 19/9/56 as "destroyed"

NOTE: Some sources give the crash location at "Herzeele, about 20 km south of Dunkerque", which is in France, yet others - such as the National Archives (see link #2) - state that the location was "Overpelt, Limburg", which is in Belgium. The two locations are 200km (approx. 124 miles) apart by road.

1. AAIU Belgium
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File DR.11/20 "Miles Aerovans G-AJWD and G-AJTC accidents at Overpelt and Munich, Germany, on 23 September 1955 and 5 July 1956" at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1200917
3. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJWD.pdf
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/index.php/crash/crash-miles-m57-aerovan-v-herzeele
5. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AJWD.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzeele
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpelt

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26 August 1956

G-AJWD

Air Ads

0

Herzeele, near Dunkerque

w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Nov-2022 07:06	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ]
05-Mar-2025 07:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ]