ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19131
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III |
| Owner/operator: | 16 (AOP) Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | A11-12 |
| MSN: | 325 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tarakan, North Borneo -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tarakan, North Borneo, Indnesia |
Built as RAF Auster Mk.III MZ213: Delivered to 656 Squadron on 10/04/43, but transferred to 660 Squadron on 15/08/43. On 28/04/44 it was issued to the Polish squadron, 317, but sustained damage (Cat.A) the same day. Returned to Taylorcraft for repair, MZ213 was later ferried to 20 MU RAF Aston Down on 21/06/44, passing to 47 MU RAF Sealand, Cheshire, on 20/07/44 for packaging and shipment to Australia.
Departed Liverpool on SS Samanco 30/07/44, arrived Melbourne 04/09/44. Reported as delivered to RAAF 07/09/44 (Status Card says 28/09/44). To 2 Aircraft Depot 28/09/44. Serial changed from RAF MZ213 to RAAF A11-12 02/10/44.
Issued to 16 (AOP) Squadron 14/10/44. To 10 RSU (Repair & Servicing Unit) 05/01/45 for repair of fabric surfaces. Returned to 16 (AOP) Squadron 05/02/45.
Written off during The Battle of Tarakan, when aircraft failed to rise after takeoff on 10/05/45 at Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Borneo and struck a three foot high obstacle, crashed into an embankment and burst into flames and destroyed. The pilot was killed
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.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a11.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tarakan_(1945)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-May-2014 19:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2014 16:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Jun-2022 23:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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