Accident Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III MZ121,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19073
 
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Date:Tuesday 29 February 1944
Time:
Type:Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III
Owner/operator:655 Sqn RAF
Registration: MZ121
MSN: 256
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Eboli ALG, Campania, Salerno -   Italy
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Eboli ALG, Campania, Salerno
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Delivered to 47 MU on 1/2/ 43 before being shipped to Algiers with MZ100 etc. Issued to 655 Squadron, RAF in North Africa. No further details are known, apart from being struck off charge by M.A.A.F. (Mediterranean Allied Air Forces) on 29/02/44. According to some sources, MZ121 was shot down during an artillery spotting sortie over Southern Italy

Sources:

1. Mike Draper Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 4 Winter/Spring 1976
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=150
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._655_Squadron_RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
28-Apr-2014 22:55 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
09-Nov-2014 07:11 Holschtein Updated [Operator]

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