On 4th June 1941 this visiting aircraft skidded on landing at Linton on Ouse airfield and the undercarriage collapsed.
Pilot - Name unknown.
This Miles Monarch was built by Philips and Powys Ltd. at Woodley and was registered on the British civilian register as G-AFCR to them on 17th November 1937. It was the prototype Monarch. Civilian flying was prohibited at the start of the war and on 30th November 1939 the aircraft was impressed for RAF service. It was given the serial W6461 and delivered to 13 EFTS at White Waltham. On 17th January 1941 the aircraft was transferred to Halton Communications Flight. This was the unit it was being used by when the mishap occurred at Linton on Ouse on 4th June 1941 after which Cat.B/FA damage was the result of the damage assessment. It was then dismantled and transported by road back to Philips and Powys Ltd. at Woodley for a repair in works. After repairs were complete it was taken on charge by the Ferry Training Command Communication Flight on 21st January 1942 at Woodley almost certainly for use by Ferry Training Command officers. On 18th August 1943 it was transferred to 10 Group Communications Flight at Colerne but in October 1943 it was transferred to the Controller of Research and Development (C.R.D.) at Vickers Armstrong's Ltd. In March 1944 it sustained minor Cat.A(c) but the cause of the damage is not known. On 23rd March 1944 it was transported by road to Philips and Powys Ltd. at Woodley for another repair in works. With repair complete on 24th June 1944 it was flown to 5 MU at Kemble for storage. On 4th March 1945 it was taken on charge again by the C.R.D. at Vickers Armstrong's Ltd. On 1st August 1945 it was flown back to 5 MU at Kemble for storage and disposal. In December 1945 it was sold to Air Schools Ltd. at Burnaston and on 26th January 1946 the British civilian registration G-AFCR was restored, to Norman Roy Harben, of Air Schools Ltd, at Burnaston. On 10th September 1946 it was registered to Air Schools Ltd. at Burnaston. On 3rd April 1952 it was registered to Herbert Hodson Mould, at Wolverhampton but soon after on 24th May 1952 damage resulted when the undercarriage was broke and the propeller tips bent following a crosswind landing at Toussus-le-Noble, near Paris. It was repaired on site. On 2nd July 1957 it was badly damaged in a forced landing in evening darkness near Este, Padua, near Venice, Italy. From this damage there was no repair. On 10th May 1958 the registration was cancelled with it recorded as being destroyed.
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