ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18200
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| Date: | 05-APR-1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Auster J/1 Autocrat |
| Owner/operator: | Southend Flying Club |
| Registration: | G-AJUP |
| MSN: | 2628 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Harwich, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Southend Airport (EGMC), Southend, Essex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ausater J/1 Autocrat: First civil regsitered (C of R 11604/1; C of A 9516) as G-AJUP on 18/6/1947 to Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, Leicestershire. Regsitration cancelled/lapsed upon sale 8/9/1947.
Sold on and re-regsitered 9/9/1947 (next day) (C of R 11604/2) to John Howard & Co Ltd., Lonmdon SW.1. Regsitration cancelled/lapsed on 5/1/1950 upon sale.
Sold on and re-regsitered next day (10/1/1950)(C of R 11604/3) to The Southend Flying Club. (Officially, as per the aircraft record card "The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of Southend-on-Sea"). Aircraft based at Southend Airport, Essex.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Harwich, Essex, on 5/4/1953. Registration G-AJUP cancelled by the Secretary of Ste, Air Ministry, on 19/5/1953 as "withdrawn from use"
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJUP.pdf
2. G-AJUP at Teversham, Cambridge, 1950: https://www.airphotographicinternational.com/products/g-ajup-auster-j1-autocratcambridge-1950
3. http://saadonline.uk/archives/2094
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2520
5. http://britishaviation-ptp.com/auster_j1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Dec-2012 06:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2021 01:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 24-Apr-2021 00:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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