ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19463
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| Date: | Friday 12 March 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster I |
| Owner/operator: | 653 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LB292 |
| MSN: | 163 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | West of Brooklands, Byfleet, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brooklands, Surrey |
| Farnborough, Hampshire (EGLF) |
Delivered to 20 MU RAF Aston Down on 29/8/42 before being issued to 653 Squadron at Farnborough on 1/9/42.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit balloon cable in bad visibility and crashed near Brooklands, west of Byfleet, Surrey on 13/3/1943. Pilot, Capt (Royal Artillery) W.M.A. WHITSON, 95156 killed
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 2 Summer 1975
2. "Unarmed into Battle: The Story of the AOP" by Maj-Gen H J Parham
3. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=60
4. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p01.htm
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=15032
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?8025-430312-Unaccounted-airmen-12-3-1943
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Feb-2013 19:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2013 17:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2014 00:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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