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Date: | Friday 5 November 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster T.7 |
Owner/operator: | LAS RAF |
Registration: | WE561 |
MSN: | 3735 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Micheldever, 6 miles N of Winchester, Hampshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Micheldever, Hampshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Auster T.7 WE561: Delivered 26/10/1950. RAF service career was with 666 Squadron and The LAS (Light Aircraft School) at Middle Wallop.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5/11/54: Failed to become airborne from strip near Micheldever, 6 miles (10 km) north of Winchester, Hampshire and hit hedge.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.166 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.34)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.100
4.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE 6.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4269 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micheldever Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
04-Jun-2008 18:31 |
JINX |
Updated |
03-Feb-2020 10:44 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
25-Apr-2020 23:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Apr-2020 00:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
15-Feb-2021 10:38 |
Xindel |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |