ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19484
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| Date: | Thursday 6 November 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster Plus D |
| Owner/operator: | David George Sinclair Cotton MBE |
| Registration: | G-AHSB |
| MSN: | 174 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gatwick Airport, Charlwood, Surrey, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | London Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey (LGW) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
RAF Taylorcraft Auster Mk.I LB315: Delivered direct to 654 Squadron on 25/9/42. On 23/12/42, it was flown to 47 MU RAF Sealand, Cheshire, with the intention of crating it for shipment overseas, but released for 652 Squadron on 8/2/43 after its plans for shipment overseas were cancelled.
On 20/3/43 it was transferred to 656 Squadron with whom it remained until 29/4/43 when re-allocated to 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire. Eventually, on 30/6/44, LB315 was released for routine servicing with the Group's Servicing Unit it was found to have received Cat.B damage, causing its removal to Rearsby for repairs.
On 5/4/45, it was delivered to 312 Squadron, although appears to have spent some time operating with 164 Squadron. However, on 30/8/45, LB315 was back at Rearsby where, on 3/10/45, it was struck off charge, and probably sold to Taylorcraft for it was later civilianised as G-AHSB.
First civilian registered (C of R 10297/1; C of A 8022) as G-AHSB on 1/7/46 to Auster Aircraft Ltd., Britannia Works, Thurmaston, Leicestershire (aircraft based at Rearsby, Leicestershire). Registration cancelled/lapsed 17/10/46 upon sale
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 10297/2) on 17/10/46 (same day) to Henry T. Nichols, Probus, Cornwall. Registration cancelled/lapsed 10/10/49 upon sale
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 10297/3) on 4/11/49 to Willis Greenhalgh, Warrington, Lancashire. Registration cancelled/lapsed 14/8/51 upon sale
Sold on and re-registered (with new C of R R2584/4) to fourth (and, as it turned out, final) owner David George Sinclair Cotten MBE, F.R.Mer.S., A.R.AeS, London W.14
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Gatwick Airport, on 6/11/1952. One source stated "wrecked at Gatwick 6/11/52 in gale" (see link #4)
Registration G-AHSB belatedly cancelled 10/5/1955 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. Auster Quarterly Vol.1 Issue 2 by Mike Draper p.45: http://www.austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%202.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHSB.pdf
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1952/1952
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=69
5. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=16697.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Dec-2012 12:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2020 21:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2020 21:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2020 21:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2023 08:16 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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