ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211324
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| Date: | Saturday 27 June 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Auster B8 Agricola |
| Owner/operator: | Booker Sugar Estates Ltd |
| Registration: | VP-GAZ |
| MSN: | B.117 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Skeldon Estate, Region 6 -
 Guyana
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Originally built as c/n B.108 and intended to be ZK-BMP, but delivery to New Zealand never went ahead.
Rebuilt with new c/n B.117 and exported to British Guiana, where it crashed working the Skeldon Estate, Skeldon. Remains sent back to the UK.
Sources:
1. rnzaf.proboards.com
2. britishaviation-ptp.com/auster_b8.html
3. Auster Heritage Group, www.austerhg.org
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2018 04:27 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 20-Dec-2021 22:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 15-Jan-2022 10:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Nature] |
| 15-Jan-2022 10:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Date, Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2022 07:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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