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| Date: | Friday 14 January 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival P.31 Proctor 4 |
| Owner/operator: | Field Aircraft Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AJML |
| MSN: | H.763 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Ford End Farm, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
Percival P.31 Proctor Mk. IV G-AJML: Ex-RAF RM160, built by F Hills (hence the MSN "H.763" - Proctors built at Luton by Percival has MSNs starting "Ae"). First civil registered as G-AJML on 31/3/47 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd., Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey.
Written off (destroyed) 14/1/49 when crashed at Ford End Farm, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire. As reported at the time in a contemporary local newspaper (Buckinghamshire Herald 21 January 1949):
"PILOTS LUCKY ESCAPE
Fire engines and ambulances hurried out from Aylesbury and Berkhampstead late on Friday afternoon. Reports that an aircraft had crashed in flames between Cheddington and Ivinghoe had been received.
In a field near Ford End Farm, Ivinghoe, a small privately owned aircraft was found overturned. Walking away from it was the pilot, Mr. D P R Stokes, of Croydon, the only injury to him being a slight bruise to his forehead.
The aircraft had made a forced landing. When it swooped out of thick cloud over Ivinghoe, it navigation lights were mistaken for flames"
According to the notes on the aircraft registration document under "Change of Ownership of Aircraft":
"Aircraft crashed 14/1/49 - extent of damage not yet acertained (B.P. - 14/1/49)". Followed by a second note: "Aircraft damaged beyond economical repair 21/3/49". (See link #2)
From these notes, it was seem that the Air Ministry were made aware that G-AJML crashed on 14/1/49, but the registration was not formally cancelled until 21/3/49 when it was deterimed that G-AJML was completely wrecked (damaged beyond economical repair).
Ivinghoe is a town and civil parish in east Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders with Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. It is 33 miles (53 kilometres) northwest of London, 4 miles (6 km) north of Tring and 6 miles (10 km) south of Leighton Buzzard, close to the village of Pitstone.
Sources:
1. Buckinghamshire Herald 21 January 1949
2. Air Britain: British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919 to 1985
3. CAA G-INFO: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJML.pdf
4. https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheddington/posts/10155037160832320/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivinghoe
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jun-2024 11:52 | ASN | Added |
| 04-Mar-2025 20:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 14-Jul-2025 16:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jul-2025 23:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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