ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302702
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| Date: | Monday 5 April 1943 |
| Time: | dusk |
| Type: | Miles Master Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 52 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DL645 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Quarley, 5 miles north-west of RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire |
Miles Master DL645 was attached to 52 OTU at RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire. Whilst on a cross country flight, at dusk on 5 April 1943 its pilot became lost in the vicinity of Middle Wallop Airfield. Thus he made a wheels up landing in a field near Quarley, some 5 miles north-west of Middle Wallop. The pilot, Pilot Officer C.F.Bush, was uninjured
At first the Master was considered capable of repair on site, but soon it was decided that it was a write off and it was struck off charge on 18 May 1943.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain. 1987 p.51)
2. 52 OTU ORB Feb 1941 to June 1944: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR/29/681/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7161025
3. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=19401.0
4. https://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?8140-430405-Unaccounted-airmen-5-4-1943&p=76736#post76736
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Down
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarley
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