Incident Auster T.7 WE544,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20598
 
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Date:Friday 18 May 1956
Time:day
Type:Auster T.7
Owner/operator:LAS RAF
Registration: WE544
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire
Destination airport:RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Auster T.7 WE544: Delivered 2/6/50. RAF Service career was with 227 OCU, AOP School, and LAS (Light Aircraft School) at Middle Wallop,

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18/5/56: Tipped up onto its nose on landing at Middle Wallop, Hampshire, whilst taxiing and taking action to avoid colliding with another aircraft.

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.180 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 34)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.197
4. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
6. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4249
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jun-2008 18:24 JINX Added
02-Mar-2012 11:28 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
02-Mar-2012 11:34 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative]
18-Nov-2019 22:09 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]
15-Jun-2020 22:46 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative]
15-Feb-2021 10:35 Xindel Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]

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