ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17990
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| Date: | Thursday 5 June 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Auster AOP.6 |
| Owner/operator: | 656 Sqn /1903 Flt RAF |
| Registration: | VF664 |
| MSN: | 2868 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Korea -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Shot down by AAA fire, which severed the rudder cable. Aircraft stalled and crashed into a cliff. Pilot - Capt. B.T. Luscombe - was killed on impact. Per a contemporary newspaper report:
"PILOT KILLED
Korea, Sunday.- Captain B. T. Luscombe, an Australian Army pilot who flew hundreds of hours over the Communist front lines in an unarmed plane, has been killed. He was the only Australlian in an air observation group which directs the Commonwealth Division's guns from the air.
Captain Luscombe, of Cronulla, Sydney, called by the troops "The DiggerPilot," had been flying in
Korea since last October. His light Auster plane crashed after being hit by anti-aircraft fire."
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20111202084232/http://www.kmike.com:80/oz/Breen/FrameB/3.htm
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.656squadron.org/RollofHonour.swf]
https://www.awm.gov.au//collection/HOBJ3133/
http://www.auster.ukf.net/p28.htm
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2760
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49246389
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jun-2009 13:07 | harro | Updated |
| 25-Feb-2012 00:45 | Dr, John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2012 00:45 | Dr, John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2012 01:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2013 16:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2021 18:41 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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