ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19157
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Date: | Friday 10 September 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III |
Owner/operator: | 655 (AOP) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | NX527 |
MSN: | 451 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | ½ mile S of Hurst Wood, Adam's Well Farm, RAF West Peckham, Kent. -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF West Peckham, Kent |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10 Sept 1943: Engine cut on take-off from field and crashlanded ½ mile S of Hurst Wood, Adam's Well Farm, West Peckham, Kent, killing the pilot (sole person on board). Pilot was AC2 Leonard V. YOUNG (Service Number 912514). AC2 Young was aged 21 at the time, and the coroners inquest into his death was held at Bromley,Kent
Sources:
1. Auster aircraft production (
http://www.auster.ukf.net/ )
2.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?12685-430910-Unaccounted-airmen-10-9-1943 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
03-Jan-2015 09:22 |
Dr. John Smih |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
06-Jun-2015 10:02 |
Cliford |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
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