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| Date: | Tuesday 29 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III |
| Owner/operator: | 655 AOP Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ121 |
| MSN: | 256 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eboli ALG, Campania, Salerno -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eboli ALG, Campania, Salerno |
Delivered to 47 MU on 1/2/ 43 before being shipped to Algiers with MZ100 etc. Issued to 655 Squadron, RAF in North Africa. No further details are known, apart from being struck off charge by M.A.A.F. (Mediterranean Allied Air Forces) on 29/02/44. According to some sources, MZ121 was shot down during an artillery spotting sortie over Southern Italy
Sources:
1. Mike Draper Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 4 Winter/Spring 1976
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=150
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._655_Squadron_RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Apr-2014 22:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Nov-2014 07:11 | Holschtein | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 08-May-2024 12:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator, ] |
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