Incident Taylorcraft Auster AOP.IV MT161,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19232
 
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Date:Friday 12 October 1945
Time:day
Type:Taylorcraft Auster AOP.IV
Owner/operator:43 OTU RAF
Registration: MT161
MSN: 743
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Graveley Wood, Hampshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Graveley Wood, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Auster AOP.IV MT161, 43 OTU, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) on 12.10.45 when ran away on start-up and hit hedge at Graveley Wood, Hampshire

Sources:

1. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=640
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. pp.12. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p07.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
03-Jul-2008 02:17 harro Updated
21-Jan-2013 13:08 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2018 19:57 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
21-Oct-2019 16:32 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]

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