ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18169
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| Date: | 15-SEP-1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Auster J/1 Autocrat |
| Owner/operator: | Foreign & Colonial Office |
| Registration: | G-AIBI |
| MSN: | 2122 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Thomson Head, Marguerite Bay, Grahamland -
 Antarctica
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
| Thomson Head, Marguerite Bay, Grahamland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Registered 18.11.46 to the Foreign & Colonial Office (Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey). Written off when crashed at Marguerite Bay, Grahamland, Antarctica, during first British Post-War Antarctic Expedition.
The Auster was missing on September 15 1947 on a flight to deliver supplies to the expedition. The crew revealed that when they attempted a landing, the plane hit a rough break in the ice, one ski broke off. and the aircraft toppled over, ripped off a wing and broke its back. The crew was uninjured. The next day the crew removed the Auster's belly tank and converted it into a rough sled for hauling emergency gear and food. After ten days, the Auster crew had travelled 60 miles back towards base camp, and were eventually rescued by a US Navy aircraft sent to look for them
Registration G-AIBI cancelled by UK Civil registration authority as "Crashed - total loss" 13.10.47
Sources:
1. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p21.htm
2. CAA: http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AIBI.pdf
3. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WE'D+BEEN+IN+A+TENT+FOR+DAYS+..ONLY+ONE+FLARE+LEFT+%26+NO+FOOD%3B...-a0224192137
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2020
5. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80027727
6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52607181
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 07:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2013 01:15 | Carpet | Updated [Date, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 31-Jul-2016 12:23 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2022 17:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Nature] |
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