ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19456
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| Date: | Sunday 17 July 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster I |
| Owner/operator: | Joseph Lionel Merrick |
| Registration: | G-AHUH |
| MSN: | 150 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ballard Down, Purbeck Hills, near Swanage, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset (EGHA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Taylorcraft Model D Auster I G-AHUH: Ex-RAF LB279. As such, Delivered to 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire, 13/8/42, before being issued to 653 Squadron on 26/8/42. An accident on 7/3/43 at Scotts Farm ALG, Berkshire when while landing into the sun, LB279 hit a hidden slit trench and overturned, caused its return to Taylorcraft on 23/3/43 for repairs.
On 3/8/43 it was released for 2 TAF Communications Flight, but in fact used by 34 Wing Communications Flight. While at Odiham on August 20th, a pilot opened the throttle with the parking brake still on causing LB279 to tip onto its nose, damaging the engine and cowl. On 21/2/44, it was transferred to 83 Group, and was issued to the RAF Turnhouse Station Flight on 15/3/44. Two months later it was returned to 20 MU Aston Down on 7/ 5/44 where it was found to be Cat.B and duly conveyed to Rearsby for repair on 5/6/44. For a third time, it was re-delivered to 20 MU RAF Aston Down, on 3/8/44, and subsequently issued to RAF Northolt, on 29/5/45.
Finally, LB279 was flown to 5 MU RAF Kemble for disposal, and was sold to the Royal Flying Club on 16/5/46, and civilianised as G-AHUH. First registered (C of R 10353/1; C of A 8076) 5/6/46 to the Royal Artillery Aero Club Ltd., Whitehall, London SW.1. Registration cancelled 20/3/49
Registration restored (C of R 10353/2) on 13/4/49 to Joseph Lionel Merrick, Wareham, Dorset.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Ballard Down, Purbeck Hills, near Swanage, Dorset, on 17/7/49. Registration cancelled same day (17/7/49) by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. Auster Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 Summer 1975: http://austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%202.pdf
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2547: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576701
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2566: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576720
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHUH.pdf
5. http://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/dorcrash.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard_Down
7. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=40
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Dec-2012 11:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 17:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2019 16:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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