ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19498
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| Date: | Saturday 21 November 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Plus C2 |
| Owner/operator: | 43 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | HL532 |
| MSN: | 117 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1/4 mile S of Steeple Langford, Larkhill, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire (EGLS) |
First civil registered [C of R 9155/1] as G-AFVW on 5/7/1939 to Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Ltd., Thurmaston, Leicestershire (aircraft based at Ratcliffe Aerodrome, Leicestershire). C of A 6672 issued 22/7/39. Registration G AFVW cancelled/lapsed 22/7/39.
Sold on and registration restored [C of R 9155/2] on 1/8/39 to Coventry (Civil) Aviation Ltd., Whitley Aerodrome, Whitley, Coventry, Warwickshire.
Civil registration G-AFVW cancelled when impressed into military service on 9/9/1941 as HL532. Issued to 1424 Flight, RAF at Old Sarum, Wiltshire. To Taylorcraft at Thurmaston, Leicestershire 23/2/42 for modifications to C/2 standard. Returned to service after completion of this work 13/3/42 with 651 Squadron, RAF. Transferred to 652 Squadron on 18/8/42. Following another transfer, HL531 was issued to 43 OTU on 8/11/42,
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) in a flying accident near Larkhill, Wiltshire on 21/11/1942. Crashed 1/4 mile south of Steeple Langford, when a 43 OTU pilot misjudged the height of a hill, and the climbing capability of the aircraft, while message dropping from fifty feet. Struck off charge 28/1/43 as Cat.E1
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-AFVW.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 08:36 | 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, Departure airport] |
| 29-Apr-2014 01:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2018 18:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2018 18:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Feb-2018 18:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2018 20:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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