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Date: | Saturday 26 June 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster T.7 |
Owner/operator: | 1954 Flt / 663 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WE541 |
MSN: | 3728 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Barston, 2½ miles South of Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Castle Bromwich Aerodrome, Warwickshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Auster T.Mk.7 WE541: Delivered 4/4/50. Sole RAF service was with 1954 Flight, 663 Squadron, RAF.
Written off (destroyed) 26/6/54: The aircraft was carrying out authorised flow flying exercises in gusty weather conditions when the pilot entered a turn to starboard, which allowed the aircraft to stall and dive into the ground, at Barston, 2½ miles South of Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire The pilot was killed.
Crew of Auster WE541
Lieutenant Ronald D Harrison (aged 35) Royal Artillery, Territorial Army - killed
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.160 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.34)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.69
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE 5.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1950-88.htm 6.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4249 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barston 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._663_Squadron_RAF#Post-war_Service Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
04-Jun-2008 18:01 |
JINX |
Updated |
02-Feb-2012 10:36 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
13-Apr-2020 22:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Apr-2020 09:10 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |