ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19077
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Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III |
Owner/operator: | 43 OTU RAF |
Registration: | MZ193 |
MSN: | 318 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire (EGLS) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Delivered to 655 Squadron on 4/4/43, but transferred to 662 Squadron on 13/8/43. On 11/11/43, it was re-issued to 43 OTU, but was written-off after a pilotless take-off on 13/8/44 from RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire. Beforehand, the engine had been running while the aircraft was unattended, and subsequently it moved forward, took-off, stalled and dived into the ground, catching fire as it did so
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 2 No 2 Summer 1976
2.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=200 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
30-Apr-2014 23:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
22-Apr-2015 07:33 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
27-Nov-2018 19:32 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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