ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19476
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| Date: | Sunday 16 March 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster Plus D |
| Owner/operator: | Auster Aircraft Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AHCH |
| MSN: | 164 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rearsby Aerodrome, Rearsby, Charnwood, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rearsby Aerodrome, Rearsby, Leicestershire |
| Rearsby Aerodrome, Rearsby, Leicestershire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF LB293: Delivered to 20 MU RAF Aston Down on 29/8/42 before being issued to 653 Squadron at Farnborough on 7/9/42. While being used for message-dropping duties on 21/11/42 at Middle Farm, Sussex, the pilot wrongly dropped the message from the starboard window (instead of the port) and while doing so struck high-tension cables.
Although repaired, LB293 again hit high-tension cables on 24/2/43 during a low-level cross-country flight over Epsom, Surrey. Because the engine started vibrating badly, the pilot forced-landed in a nearby field, causing some damage. After further repairs, LB293 was transferred to 43 OTU on 26/3/43, but like so many OTU Austers, LB293 was subjected to a heavy landing after a stall on approach, on 10/4/43. LB293 was conveyed to Rearsby on 13/4/ 43 for repairs, and eventually, on 8/9/43, was re-delivered to 20 MU RAF Aston Down for re-allotment.
On 30/12/43 it was allotted to 22 EFTS at Cambridge, and after nearly eight months, was returned to 20 MU Aston Down for long-term storage, on 23/8/44. Finally, on 16/1/46, LB293 was sold back to Taylorcraft where it was civilianised as G-AHCH.
First civil registered 12/3/46 as G-AHCH (C of R 9932/1; C of A 7530) to Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Ltd. Changed six days later (18/3/46) to Auster Aircraft Ltd., Britannia Works, Thurmaston, Leicestershire (based at Rearsby Aerodrome, Rearsby, Leicestershire).
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) when blown over in a gale whilst parked at Rearsby, Leicestershire on 16/3/1947. (The same gale which also destroyed Auster J/2 Arrow G-AGPS). Registration G-AHCH cancelled 16/4/1947 as "damaged in a gale 16/3/47".
Note that one source (see link #3) states that G-AHCH was "damaged by Fire at Rearsby 16/3/47" (fire, not high winds!)
Sources:
1. Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 2 Summer 1975 by Mike Draper: http://www.austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%202.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHCH.pdf
3. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=60
4. http://britishaviation-ptp.com/auster1.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rearsby#Rearsby_Aerodrome
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Dec-2012 10:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2019 00:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2019 00:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2019 22:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-May-2023 13:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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