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Date: | Monday 21 October 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster AOP.6 |
Owner/operator: | 43 OTU RAF |
Registration: | TW570 |
MSN: | 1930 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Crab Wood, 4 miles West of Winchester, Hampshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Auster AOP. 6 TW570, 43 OTU, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21 October 1946 when hit telegraph wires while low flying, and crashed at Crab Wood, 4 miles west of Winchester, Hampshire. No fatalities or injured reported among the crew of two.
Crab Wood is a 73-hectare (180-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest 4 miles west of Winchester in Hampshire.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.54. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Air Britain Aero militaria 1979 p.103:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 4. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 p.236
5. 43 OTU RAF ORB; National Archives (PRO Kew)
6.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Wood Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Feb-2012 13:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
27-Nov-2018 19:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
18-Nov-2019 00:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
18-Nov-2019 00:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
18-Nov-2019 22:02 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
28-May-2023 19:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |