ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163060
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Airspeed AS.5A Courier |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Farnborough |
| Registration: | K4047 |
| MSN: | 13 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Farnborough, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Farnborough, Hampshire (EGLF) |
| Farnborough, Hampshire (EGLF) |
Airspeed AS.5A (c/no. 13): Delivered to A&AEE as K4047 4.2.34 [under Contract No.276131/33]. To RAE Farnborough 27.2.34 for landing gear research. To Airspeeds for modifications 5.5.34; returned to A&AEE 28.5.34 [for handling trials] and then back to RAE 11.6.34 [for trials of automatic controls]. To HQ Fighting Area, Duxford for research 21.11.34. To Airspeeds 4.12.34 and returned to RAE 30.12.34 [for auto control tests].
To Airspeeds 21.10.35 for overhaul and returned to RAE 26.10.35 for flap research, later gunnery research. To Airspeeds 11.2.38 and fitted with AS Cheetah IX. To RAE 30.6.38 for trials & training; later used for boundary layer research. Later used as communications aircraft.
Written off (Damaged beyond economic repair) at an unknown date and location (but presumed mid-1943 at Farnborough, Hampshire) and struck off charge 14.7.43.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20prewar.pdf
2. http://www.nevilshute.org/PhotoLine/PLD-1931-1940/074_ascourieronground.html
3. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/ah1900/asportprod.html
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.aer.ita.br/~bmattos/mundo/ww2/british/pages/airspeedas5%20courier.htm]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2014 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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