This Miles M.17 Monarch, with c/n 787, was owned since 1938 by Mr. Camille Gutt. By the outbreak of the war the machine escaped to the U.K. to be used by Philips & Powis Aircraft. In 1944 it was transferred to the Belgian Section of the Metropolitan Communications Squadron where it became TP819. The Monarch was returned for civil use in 1947 and had a series of owners before it crashed at Sint Denijs Westrem near Gent on 21 November 1960. When this picture was taken the aircraft was owned by famous Belgian aviator John Mahieu.  

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