ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19419
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| Date: | Thursday 18 September 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V |
| Owner/operator: | Denham Flying Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AJVV |
| MSN: | 1817 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Denham Airfield, Denham, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Denham Airfield, Denham, Buckinghamshire (EGLD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Auster AOP.V TW478. Military service with 43 OTU, RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire. Struck off charge when sold 29/5/1947. Civilian registered (C of R 11634/1; C of A 9569) as G-AJVV on 4/6/1947 to William Horace Leadbetter, Erdington, Birmingham. For some reason, the Air Ministry registration document quotes the former RAF serial TW478 as the c/no instead of the official Auster c/no 1817
Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale 6/10/1947. Sold on and re-registered 6/10/1947 (same day) (C of R 11634/2) to the Birmingham Aero Club, Elmdon Airport, Birmingham. Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale 3/1/1948
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 11634/3) on 8/2/1949 to William Horace Leadbetter (the original owner). Initially registered to the same address (Erdington, Birmingham) but by/on 13/10/1949, the registered owner had moved to Streetley Lane, Four Oaks, Warwickshire. Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale 26/10/1950
Sold on and re-registered for the fourth (and final) time 27/11/1950 (C of R R.1644/4) to the Denham Flying Club Ltd., Denham, Buckinghanshire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take off from Denham Airfield, Denham, Buckinghamshire on 18/9/1952. Registration G-AJVV cancelled by the CAA on 15/12/1952 as "withdrawn from use".
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJVV.pdf
3. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1700
4. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AJVV.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Dec-2012 06:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2012 06:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2012 06:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2021 19:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2021 16:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 01:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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