Accident Miles M.2 Hawk SE-AFS,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144995
 
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Date:Sunday 18 July 1937
Time:day
Type:Miles M.2 Hawk
Owner/operator:K.J. Markson
Registration: SE-AFS
MSN: 130
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Styrsö, Gothenburg -   Sweden
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Gothenburg, Sweden
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
First registered (C of R 5406) 30.10.34 as G-ACZD to Eastern Counties Aeroplane Club Ltd., Ipswich, Suffolk. C of A 4555 issued November 1934. Re-registered 9.2.37 to Philips & Powis Aircraft Ltd., Woodley, Reading, Berkshire. Registration G-ACZD cancelled 2.12.37. Already re-registered in Sweden as SE-AFS on 11.5.37 to K.J. Markson, Gothenburg (and, from 16.5.37 Torslanda).

Written off 18.7.37: Flying low, passed over a boat, wings folded in flight at Styrsö, Gothenburg. Pilot/owner (and sole person on board) K.J.Markson killed.

Sources:

1. http://forum3.sff.n.se/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3566
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACZD.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
5. http://lae.blogg.se/2015/march/herbert-von-schinkels-miles-hawk-major.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Apr-2012 00:34 Masen63 Added
30-Oct-2017 22:28 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Jan-2018 16:12 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]

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