ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19435
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| Date: | Saturday 7 August 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V |
| Owner/operator: | Vernon Godfrey Manton |
| Registration: | G-AKWT |
| MSN: | 998 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nottingham Airport, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nottingham Airport, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire (EGBN) |
| Nottingham Airport, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire (EGBN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Auster AOP.V MT360: Military services with 19, 56, 486, 80, 181 Squadrons, 121 Wing, then 175 and 26 Squadrons. Struck off charge when sold 22.3.48. Civil Registered as G-AKWT (C of R 12279/1; C of A 10078) on 1.4.1948 to Vernon Godfrey Manton, Stroxton, Grantham, Lincoln shire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Nottingham Airport, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire on 7.8.1948, Registration G-AKWT cancelled by the CAA 3.10.1948 as "withdrawn form use". However, the wreckage was reported as still being in storage at Carr Hall Farm, Thorney in April 2007 (presumably as a source of spares)
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKWT.pdf
2. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p09.htm
3. http://www.demobbed.org.uk/aircraft.php?type=174
4. http://www.eurodemobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=3425
5, https://www.austerclub.org/were1.htm
6. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=889
7. https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Stroxton-Lodge
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Airport#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Dec-2012 08:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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