Incident Taylorcraft Auster AOP Mk V TW453,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19359
 
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Date:Thursday 23 September 1954
Time:day
Type:Taylorcraft Auster AOP Mk V
Owner/operator:63 Gp CF RAF
Registration: TW453
MSN: 1793
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Woodvale, Southport, Lancashire (EGOW)
Destination airport:RAF Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V TW453: Sole RAF Service was with 63 Group Communications Flight

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when blown off runway while landing at Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire on 23/9/1954

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.163 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.52)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.91

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
11-Dec-2012 13:26 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
10-Jan-2013 13:36 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
05-Nov-2019 22:51 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]
22-Apr-2020 21:24 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Apr-2020 09:37 MIG21 Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]

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