Originally Posted by
bean
Everything i remember about Channel was shabby. The exterior of the daks looked terrible on the ground at Jersey compared to BUA, Cambrian, Morton and Derby. Every *gold* tail on the Viscount 700 ended up weathered to different shades.
Too late now for your book but the National archives hold the investigation files for the accident to G-AGZB on the Isle of Wight AIB were not impressed.
Not in the files but the captain had been fired by BKS after one accident too many and prior to firing, had been restricted to freight duties. All in Captain Arthur Whitlocks book (he was a friend of his)
Also see
https://www.farvis.co.uk/2013site/dakota/index.html
Thank you BEAN - Yes I had been in touch with Ross through his superb website above. He was at the crash site of G-AGZB as a young lad. I had also spent a couple of days up at Kew back in April going through the files on the G-AGZB crash. I have not read Whitlock's book but had read elsewhere that the book stated he had been fired by BKS. There was actually a note in the files at Kew stating that the Captain (Diesbach-Belleroche) of G-AGZB had left BKS of his own accord because they were going to transfer him to be based in Newcastle and he wished to stay in the South, hence his reason for leaving BKS. He had originally learned to fly at Southend. I have sent you a PM just now.