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Date: | Thursday 27 February 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V |
Owner/operator: | 43 OTU RAF |
Registration: | TJ512 |
MSN: | 1535 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Church Hill LG, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP) |
Destination airport: | Church Hill LG, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire |
Narrative:Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V TJ512, 43 OTU, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 27-2-47: Pilot misjudged approach to a field landing site, at Church Hill Landing Ground on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, and therefore increased engine power in order to maintain altitude.
However, the rate of sink of the aircraft was greater than anticipated, and the aircraft landed heavily, damaging the port undercarriage
Deemed damaged beyond economic repair, and struck off Charge as Cat.5(G/I). To Ground Instructional Airframe as 6303M.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.60. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.275
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. 43 OTU RAF ORB for the period 1-10-1941 to 31-3-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/679/2:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7161024 5.
http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Church-Hill 6.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html 7.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1420 8.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TJ512 9.
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/TJ512.html 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Plain#Military_use Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
25-Apr-2013 21:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
07-Jun-2013 14:31 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
19-Nov-2019 22:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
25-Nov-2019 22:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
20-May-2023 20:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Narrative]] |