ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19235
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.IV |
| Owner/operator: | 652 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MT269 |
| MSN: | 791 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hitchen Street, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Biggleswade, Bedfordshire |
Ex-RAF Auster AOP.IV MT269: Substantially damaged when hit fence on take-off from the Pobjoy factory, in Hitchen Street, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire 30.5.44. Struck off charge when sold and civil registered as G-AKLH on 8.11.1947 to Rene Mac Kissay of Rome. Presumably not repaired/rebuilt after this accident, as registration G-AKLH cancelled 28.7.1948 as "aircraft in bad condition, to be dismantled and used for spares in Italy"
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AKLH-2.pdf
http://www.auster.ukf.net/p07.htm
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=689http://www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk/community/nostalgia/slideshow-kayser-bondor-1-1123527
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Nov-2012 17:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2012 14:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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