ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19068
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 March 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP III |
| Owner/operator: | 652 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ161 |
| MSN: | 286 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile southwest of Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire |
Delivered to 656 (?) Squadron on 9th March 1943, but was written-off on the 23rd of the same month, whilst taking evasive action from a Mosquito during a training flight. The Auster was being flown low along a valley one mile southwest of Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire, when the pilot executed a steep turn to avoid the Mosquito and flew into the rising ground. The aircraft was destroyed by fire, the pilot being burnt.
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 4 Winter/Spring 1976
2. Maslen-Jones, E.W., MC, DFC. Fire by Order: Recollections of Service with 656 Air Observation Post Squadron in Burma. Barnsley, UK: Leo Cooper/Pen And Sword Books, 1997. ISBN 0-85052-557-8
3. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=170
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._656??_Squadron_RAF#Formation_and_World_War_II
5. 'Where the Lysanders were ..... (the story of Sawbridgeworth's airfields) Pub by Paul A Doyle 1995
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Apr-2014 21:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2014 07:04 | DG333 | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2015 16:03 | paddy | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Phase, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2015 16:23 | paddy | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 08-May-2015 05:16 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2015 05:18 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-May-2015 09:20 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2018 06:51 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
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