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Date: | Friday 6 April 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster T.7 |
Owner/operator: | LAS RAF |
Registration: | VX936 |
MSN: | 3741 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Auster T.7 VX936: One of seven aircraft (VX926-VX929 and VX934-VX936) ordered from Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, to contract 6/Acft/2471. Delivered 20/2/50. Service career was with 661 Squadron, and the LAS (Light Aircraft School) RAF Middle Wallop
Written off (damaged beyond economical repair) 6/4/56: Bounced on landing at Middle Wallop, Hampshire and overturned during an attempted overshoot. No reported injuries to the two crew.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.178 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 100)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.188
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VX 6.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4249 7.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html 8.
http://britishaviation-ptp.com/auster6.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Dec-2011 17:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
01-Mar-2012 17:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
18-Nov-2019 22:08 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
13-Jun-2020 22:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Feb-2021 10:37 |
Xindel |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |