Incident Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V G-AOCP,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19381
 
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Date:Saturday 22 June 1968
Time:day
Type:Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V
Owner/operator:RAF College Flying Club Ltd
Registration: G-AOCP
MSN: 1800
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Hemswell, Heapham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair at RAF Hemswell, Heapham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 22/6/1968 and withdrawn from use. Registration cancelled as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use") on 24/6/1971. However, airframe reported as still in existence, stored at Thorney, at Carr Farm, Nottinghamshire, 7 miles West of Lincoln, in February 2015

Auster G-AOP was ex-RAF Auster TW462

Sources:

1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOCP-1.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOCP-2.pdf
3. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p18.htm
4. http://www.eurodemobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=3425
5. https://www.austerclub.org/were1.htm
6. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1689
7. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1528907
8. https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/525523-want-good-laugh.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
16-Jun-2012 19:39 Dr. John Smith Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative]
12-Jun-2022 20:46 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category]

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