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Date: | Saturday 13 May 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster AOP.6 |
Owner/operator: | 661 (AOP) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VX111 |
MSN: | 3720 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | South Ambersham, 2 miles east of Midhurst, West Sussex, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Surrey |
Destination airport: | South Ambersham, Midhurst, West Sussex |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Auster AOP.6 VX111, 661 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13-5-1950. Hit armoured car during exercise, undercarriage collapsed on landing at South Ambersham, a hamlet in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies 0.7 miles (1.2 km) south of the A272 road and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Midhurst, at approximate co-ordinates 50.978°N 0.696°W
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.101 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.55
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VX 5.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4209 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._661_Squadron_RAF#Post-war 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ambersham Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
25-Feb-2012 15:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
13-Aug-2012 02:29 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
23-Dec-2020 18:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Dec-2020 22:01 |
Glog |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |