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Date: | Monday 8 December 1958 |
Time: | |
Type: | Auster AOP.6 |
Owner/operator: | 653 Sqn AAC |
Registration: | VX116 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 3 miles east of Nicosia -
Cyprus
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nicosia, Cyprus |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Flew into power lines three miles east of Nicosia, Cyprus while acting as air cover for a road block. When trying to regain control it crashed into a hillside and burst into flames killing the pilot
Sources:
http://www.auster.ukf.net/p38.htm www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4220
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Feb-2012 19:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
25-Sep-2012 02:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Source] |