ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19490
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 November 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Plus C1 |
| Owner/operator: | 651 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HH983 |
| MSN: | 120 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mersley Down, Newport, Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire |
First registered [C of R 9158/1] on 5/7/39 as G-AFVZ to Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Ltd., Thurmaston, Leicestershire (aircraft based at Ratcliffe Aerodrome, Leicestershire). Registration cancelled/lapsed 3/8/39. C of A 6674 issued 5/8/39. Sold on and re-registered [C of R 9158/2] on 18/8/39 to Derby Aero Club, Burnaston, Derbyshire.
Withdrawn from use and stored at Burnaston from 4/9/39 when all private civilian flying was prohibited due to the outbreak of WW II. Impressed into military service as HH983 on 31/8/1941. Civil registration G-AFVZ cancelled 27/9/41.
In use with 651 Squadron after its impressment until 11/11/41 when during a recce flight for suitable landing grounds, it flew into a hillside at Mersley Down, Newport, Isle of Wight. Aircraft was written off (damaged beyond repair) and HH983 was struck off charge on 3/12/41 at Cat.E1
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 1 Spring 1975 at http://austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%201.pdf
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=20
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
4. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=20578
5. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/iowc.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersley
7. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFVZ.pdf
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Dec-2012 13:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2013 12:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 29-Apr-2014 18:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2018 21:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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