ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19454
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Date: | Sunday 31 January 1943 |
Time: | overnight |
Type: | Taylorcraft Auster I |
Owner/operator: | 654 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LB346 |
MSN: | 205 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Southam, Warwickshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Southam, Warwickshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Southam, Warwickshire |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) when blown away in a gale ( it uprooted its pickets) whilst parked at RAF Southam on 31/1/1943. (Royal Air Force Southam was a relief landing ground (RLG) located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) east of Southam, Warwickshire, and 7.3 miles (11.7 km) south east of Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire)
Formally declared a write off and beyond economic repair, being struck off charge on 11/21/943
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 3 (1976)
2.
http://www.auster.ukf.net/p02.htm 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Southam Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
08-Dec-2012 07:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
17-Jan-2013 14:12 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
24-Jul-2015 00:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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