ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18299
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| Date: | Friday 2 January 1976 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  Auster J/1N Alpha |
| Owner/operator: | Andrew Marshall Laurie McLean & Partners |
| Registration: | G-AJUO |
| MSN: | 2627 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shawdene, near Newbury, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shawdene, Newbury, Berkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Destroyed 02/01/1976 after being blown into next field during severe gales whilst parked at Shawdene, near Newbury, Berkshire. According to the following extract from Auster Quarterly (Vol1 No.6) dated 1976:
"we are reminded of the disastrous period of January 1st/2nd 1976 when gales swept the country and caused havoc amongst Britain's Auster population...Just north of Newbury, at Shawdene strip, the J/1N Alpha G-AJUO was torn from its pickets and blown into an adjacent field, causing irrepairable damage to both fuselage and wings"
Registration G-AJUO cancelled by the CAA as "destroyed" on 1/3/1976
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AJUO-3.pdf
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1175069/
3. http://austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%206.pdf
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2509
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-May-2008 23:23 | JINX 40 | Updated |
| 05-Dec-2012 05:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2014 17:01 | TB | Updated [Operator, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2014 03:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2014 03:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 21-Jul-2015 22:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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