ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165873
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| Date: | Saturday 3 November 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster I |
| Owner/operator: | 183 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LB328 |
| MSN: | 187 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Barrow Gurney, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fairwood Common, Swansea |
| RAF Barrow Gurney, Somerset |
Delivered to 652 Squadron 11/10/42, but flown to 47 MU RAF Sealand, Cheshire, on 12/12/42 for packaging, and taken to Glasgow docks on 21/1/43 for shipment. However, LB328 remained in the UK and returned to 652 Squadron on 8/2/43 until passed on to 656 Squadron on 20/3/43. On 24/4/43, a move was made to 400 Squadron at Dunsfold for a brief period until transferred to 430 Squadron on 19/5/43.
A return to 20 MU was made during April 1944, but on 3/5/44, LB328 was found to have sustained Cat.B damage, necessitating a return to Taylorcraft Auster at Rearsby on the 19/5/44 for repairs.
On 7/7/44, LB328 was allotted to 84 Group Communications Squadron. Much later, on 13/3/45 it was taken over by 124 Squadron, and from 31/8/45 by 183 Squadron. Finally, on 3/11/45, a 183 Squadron pilot encountered unexpected bad weather and was forced to land in a small field near Barrow Gurney, Somerset. Unfortunately the aircraft hit a hedge on approach and turned over.
Initially, damage was confined to Cat.B, but on 7/12/45, LB328 was declared a write-off and struck off charge. This may have been connected to the fact that 183 Squadron was disbanded on 15/11/45 (twelve days after the accident) and was re-numbered 43 Squadron, RAF, making the damaged LB328 surplus to requirements
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly, Vol 1 No 2 Summer 1975
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=80
3. http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/183_wwII.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow_Gurney
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2014 01:16 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Nov-2014 07:09 | Glock G19 | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 23-Jul-2015 23:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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