ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19469
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| Date: | Saturday 9 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster I |
| Owner/operator: | 652 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LB329 |
| MSN: | 188 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 miles South of Lockerbie, Dumfries -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tinwald Downs, Dumfries |
Delivered to 652 Squadron 18/10/42, but was destroyed on 8/1/43 three miles south of Lockerbie, near Dumfries. During a low-level message-dropping exercise across a valley, LB329 struck high-tension wires that had been difficult to see due to the poles being hidden by trees.
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 2 Summer 1975
2. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p01.htm
3. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=80
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Dec-2012 14:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2012 14:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2014 01:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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