ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19499
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| Date: | Saturday 28 November 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Plus C2 |
| Owner/operator: | 43 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | HL533 |
| MSN: | 103 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Whitley, Coventry, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Whitley, Coventry, Warwickshire |
Taylorcraft Plus C (c/no.103) First civil registered as G-AFTO to Coventry (Civil) Aviation Ltd, Whitley, 2/5/39, and delivered 22/5/39. C of R 9101. C of A 6580. Registration G-AFTO cancelled ("Cancellation by Secretary of State") 9/9/41. Impressed into military service 30/9/41 as HL533. To Rearsby, Leicestershire 8/5/42 for modications and upgrading to Taylorcraft Plus Model C.2. Returned to service after modifications 26/6/42.
After its return to 651 Squadron as a Model C2, it was transferred to 654 Squadron on 2/9/42, and later to 43 OTU on 3/11/42. On 23/11/42, HL533 crashed on take off, at Whitley Aerodrome, Coventry, Warwickshire, killing its pilot, Lt. Llewellyn, after a total of 422.45 flying hours
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 1 Spring 1975
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFTO.pdf
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
5. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Dec-2012 10:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2014 22:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 15:59 | Comet123 | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport] |
| 23-Feb-2018 13:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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