ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19495
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| Date: | Friday 25 September 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Plus C2 |
| Owner/operator: | 651 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HH985 |
| MSN: | 115 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Shrewton to Tilshead Road, Old Sarum, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire (EGLS) |
First civil registered as G-AFVB on 23/6/1939 [C of R 9135/1] to the Luton Flying Club Ltd., Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire.
Civil registration G-AFVB cancelled, and aircraft impressed into military service as HH985 on 31/8/1941. HH985 was flown to Taylorcraft at Rearsby on 7/11/41 from the R.A.E. at Farnborough where it had been on detachment since 18/9/41 for experimental wireless trials. One of the problems encountered during the early A.O.P. exercises was the ability of the 'enemy' to listen in to pilot-to-gunner transmissions, and the aircraft was used at Farnborough in an effort to seek an effective wireless screening device.
At Rearsby HH985 was modified to Taylorcraft C/2 specficiation between 1/4/42 and 29/4/42. After its conversion to Model C/2 standard, HH985 was returned to 651 Squadron at Old Sarum.
Damaged in an accident on 28/6/42, which occurred east of Otterburn, Northumberland, when a pilot landed in a rough field. (The incident is also reported as taking place on 29/6/42).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on 25/2/43; the pilot allowed his speed to drop too low while on approach to a field, and spun into the ground from an altitude of thirty feet over the Shrewton to Tilshead road, near Old Sarum in Wiltshire
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 4 Winter/Spring 1976 at http://austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%201.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFVB.pdf
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Dec-2012 07:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2013 13:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 29-Apr-2014 01:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2018 23:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2018 23:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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