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Date: | Monday 8 October 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | Auster T.7 |
Owner/operator: | Hong Kong Auxiliary AF |
Registration: | WE537 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Sek Kong -
Hong Kong
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Sek Kong, Hong Kong |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-RAF Auster T.7 WE537, delivered 02/03/1950, sold to Hong Kong Auiliary Air Force 11/11/1950. Written off when engine stalled, and forcelanded in paddi field near Sek Kong, Hong Kong
NOTE: Replaced as "HKG-4" in Hong Kong AAF service by another Auster T.7, ex-RAF WE552, which still exists in 2012 (last reported in New Zealand, under rebuild)
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
http://austerhg.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1495
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4249
http://www.worldairforces.com/Countries/hongkong/HKGaircraft.html
www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?114847-Dayglo-paint-on-aircraft
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
04-Jun-2008 17:49 |
JINX |
Updated |
02-Mar-2012 11:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Dec-2021 02:38 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Registration, Location, Narrative] |