Incident Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III MZ198,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19094
 
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Date:Tuesday 22 February 1944
Time:
Type:Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III
Owner/operator:660 Sqn RAF
Registration: MZ198
MSN: 323
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Hammerwood House, East Grinstead, East Sussex -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hammerwood House, East Grinstead, Sussex
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Delivered to 656 Squadron on 4/4/43, and later transferred to 660 Squadron on 15/8/43. MZ198 is shown as being written-off on 23/2/44 following a flying accident, presumed to be at Hammerwood House, East Grinstead, East Sussex, where the unit was based at the time

Sources:

1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly, Vol 2 No 2 Summer 1976
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=220
3. http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/660_wwII.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
30-Apr-2014 23:30 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
09-Nov-2014 07:10 Glock G19 Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]

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