ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19492
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| Date: | Saturday 13 February 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Plus C2 |
| Owner/operator: | 43 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | ES958 |
| MSN: | 121 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Larkhill, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire (EGLS) |
| Larkhill, Wiltshire |
First civil registered on 1/8/1939 as G-AFWK [C of R 9169/1] to Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Ltd., Thurmaston, Leicestershire (aircraft based at Ratcliffe Aerodrome, Leicestershire). C of R 6721 issued 22/8/39. Registration G-AFWK cancelled/lapsed 23/8/39.
Sold on and re-registered [C of R 9169/2] on 29/8/39 to William Greenwell Turnbull, Leicester (aircraft based at Rearsby Aerodrome, Leicestershire). Withdrawn from use and stored at Rearsby from 4/9/39, when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of WW II.
Impressed into military service as ES958 on 30/7/1941 (civil registration G-AFWK cancelled the following day). On 23/2/42, ES958 struck a fence during a cross-wind take-off from a field at Canford Magna, Dorset. This was prior to conversion to Model C/2 when the Model lacked sufficient power for such emergencies. Delivered to Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Leicestershire same day for conversion to C/2 standard.
Returned to service with 651 Squadron 18/4/42 after completion of this work. After delivery to Old Sarum as a converted Model C/2, on 3/7/42, ES958 landed in a field in Dorset in rain and gusty winds. The brakes failed to hold on wet grass and the aircraft slid into a hedge, necessitating its return to Taylorcraft on 10/7/42 for for Cat.B repairs.
Following repairs, it was flown to 1424 Flight at RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire on 22/8/42, which became 43 OTU on 1/10/42.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) on 13/2/1943 when crashed at Larkhill, Wiltshire; when on approach to a landing field over some trees, suffered a wing-drop due to a down draft. The pilot was unable to recover the aircraft as it slipped to starboard and struck the ground, in a most definite non-flying attitude.
Struck off charge 28/2/1943 as Cat.E (="damaged beyond economic repair")
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 4 Winter/Spring 1976 at http://austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%201.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFWK.pdf
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=9
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Dec-2012 10:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2013 13:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 29-Apr-2014 00:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2018 23:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2018 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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