ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19098
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III |
| Owner/operator: | 22 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | MZ184 |
| MSN: | 309 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Caxton Gibbet, Teversham, Cambridge -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Teversham, Cambridge [EGSC] |
Delivered to 653 Squadron on 4/4/43 until transferred to 421 Squadron RCAF on 3/3/44. On 13/6/44, it was returned to Taylorcraft at Rearsby for overhaul and repair, after which it was ferried to 22 EFTS on 26/8/44. Later, on 17/1/45 while parked out at Cambridge, it was struck by Tiger Moth T7462 when the Tiger Moth was landing. Although declared Cat.B and taken to Taylorcraft Auster at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs, MZ184 was re-cat.E and struck off charge on 7/3/45. The Tiger Moth was also apparently damaged beyond repair and written off
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 2 No 2 1976
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=200
3. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7160948?descriptiontype=Full&ref=AIR+29/620
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p838.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Apr-2014 21:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2018 17:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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