ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165853
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| Date: | Thursday 15 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III |
| Owner/operator: | 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MZ142 |
| MSN: | 278 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Winterswijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Delivered to 653 Squadron on 4/3/43 until transferred to 440 Squadron (143 Wing) on 08/06/44. On 15/03/45 MZ142 was declared Cat.B damage (possibly from flak/shrapnel) after an artillery-spotting sortie over Winterswijk, Netherlands, but was re-Cat. E on 28/04/45 and struck off charge
(440 Squadron RCAF were equipped with Hawker Typhoon Mk. 1 aircraft, but also used a small number of Austers for artillery-spotting, target marking, and forward air control)
Sources:
1. Mike Draper Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 4 Winter/Spring 1976
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=170
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2014 22:47 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Nov-2014 16:56 | Anthony G. | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2014 16:53 | Emil Robot | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 01:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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