ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18220
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 December 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Auster J/1 Autocrat |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VP-YFN |
| MSN: | 2152 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marandellas, Mashonaland East -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/n 2152: Not known if had a previous identity or was a new aircraft. A new production Auster J/1 Autocrat aircraft, fitted with the with Blackburn Cirrus Minor engine, registration VP-YFN was flown by T.W. (Theo) Posselt, locally, at the Rearsby Auster factory, Gaddesby Lane, Rearsby, Leicestershire, England during the 5th to 11th October, 1946. It was flown from Rearsby to Lympne, Kent, England on the 13th October, 1946, by Posselt.
Thursday 17th October 1946, the three Auster Autocrat aircraft, VP-YFL, VP-YFM and VP-YFN, left Lympne, Kent, England for Belvedere Airport, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
Pre Sep 47: Registered as VP YFN to J.H. Forsyth, Gatooma. Pre 31 Dec 47 Reregistered to J.H. Forsyth, Marandellas. Pre 1 Oct 48 Reregisted to H.A. Knill, Marandellas: 6 Dec 50 Written Off.
Sources:
http://www.federalsaints.net/backissues/FSJ73.pdf
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2040
http://www..ukf.net/p21.htm
The Aviation Historian Issue 28: Page 92
Images:
Belvedere Airport, Salisbury (Harare), S. Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). 7 Nov 1946. (arrival from UK).
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 09:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2011 09:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2011 09:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Oct-2015 09:18 | Posselt | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 14-Mar-2021 09:57 | Peter L | Updated [Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2021 09:57 | harro | Updated [Country] |
| 13-Apr-2022 08:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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