ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19479
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| Date: | Friday 8 May 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster Plus D |
| Owner/operator: | David George Sinclair Cotton, MBE |
| Registration: | G-AHWI |
| MSN: | 166 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | London Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Taylorcraft Auster Plus D LB296: Delivered direct to 653 Squadron on 6/9/42 with whom it remained until 6/4/43 when transferred to 43 OTU at Old Sarum. Four days later LB296 sustained damage when it flew into high-tension cables 80 feet over a valley in Wiltshire.
On 9/8/44 it was allocated to 20 MU RAF Aston Down for storage, but was released for RAF Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent on 3/5/45. On 21/3/46 it passed to 3 A.P.S. (Armament Practice Station) at Charterhall, Berwickshire. However, shortly afterwards LB296 was sold on 17/6/46 to the Bristol & Wessex Aero Club, and civilianised as G-AHWI.
As stated above, first civil registered (C of R 10404/1; C of A 8148) on 17/6/46 to the Bristol & Wessex Aero club, Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Registration G-AHWI cancelled/lapsed 19/10/50 as "Reduced to Spares" [sic]
Despite this, G-AHWI was restored to the civil register on 2/1/53 (with a new C of R R2962/2) to David George Sinclair Cotton, MBE, London W.14.
Written off 8/5/1953: Taylorcraft Plus D G-AHWI was involved in a ground collision with a Spitfire at Gatwick Aerodrome. Not surprisingly, the Taylorcraft come off worst in the encounter. It was destroyed. There is no record of the nature of any damage to the Spitfire or of its identity. Registration G-AHWI cancelled by the CAA on 25/8/1953 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. Auster Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 by Mike Draper: http://www.austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%202.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHWI.pdf
3. http://britishaviation-ptp.com/auster1.html
4. http://austerhg.org/gallery3/Auster-1243594292/Taylorcraft/LB-296-Mk-1-1-1942
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Dec-2012 13:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2020 01:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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