ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18191
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| Date: | 03-NOV-1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Auster J/1 Autocrat |
| Owner/operator: | George Norman Drake |
| Registration: | G-AJIV |
| MSN: | 2339 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Portreath, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Plymouth Roborough Airport, Devon (EGHD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Auster J/1 Autocraft: First civil registrered (C of R 11335/1; C of A 9324) on 30/4/47 as G-AJIV to Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, Leicestershire. Regsitration cancelled/lapsed 23/5/47 upon sale.
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 11335/2) on 3/7/47 to Richard Harold Arthur Hubben-Thorne, Farnborough, Hampshire. Operated by Thorne Aviation, which was a small Blackpool-based charter firm extant from spring 1947 until late 1951. They operated G-AJIV on charters and joyrides between May 1947 and summer 1949. Regsitration cancelled/lapsed upon sale 26/7/49.
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 11335/3) on 5/8/49 to George Norman Drake, Plymouth, Devon.
Written off(Damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Portreath, Cornwall on 3/11/1951. Registration G-AJIV cancelled by the CAA on 7/9/1951 as "purchased by Auster Aircraft Ltd and withdrawn from use" (which implies that the damaged airframe was broken up for spares)
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJIV.pdf
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1206104
3. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2229
4. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Thorne-Aviation/Auster-J-1-Autocrat/1912842/L
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portreath
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jun-2012 16:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2012 13:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2012 13:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 13-Feb-2021 18:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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