Incident Auster J/1A G-AJRO,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18244
 
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Date:Tuesday 20 November 1951
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic J1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Auster J/1A
Owner/operator:Sir William Leonard Stampe
Registration: G-AJRO
MSN: 2613
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Colton, near Leeds, West Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Leeds-Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Auster J/1A: First civil registered (C of R 11528/1, later R 835/1) on 23/5/1947 to Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, Lieicestershire. Registeration cancelled/lapsed 11/4/1951 upon sale.

Sold on and re-registered (C of R R 835/2) on 12/10/1951 to Sir William Leonard Stampe, Taunton, Somerset.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Colton, near Leeds, West Yorkshire on 20/11/1951. Registration G-AJRO cancelled by the CAA on 15/2/1952 as "accident 20.11.51"

Colton is a district of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated between Cross Gates to the north, Halton and Halton Moor to the west, Whitkirk to the north-west and Austhorpe to the north-east.

Sources:

1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJRO.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton,_Leeds

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
04-Dec-2012 16:36 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
15-Feb-2021 00:43 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
15-Feb-2021 00:43 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
15-Feb-2021 21:24 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]

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