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| Date: | Tuesday 25 December 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V |
| Owner/operator: | A&AEE RAF |
| Registration: | NJ630 |
| MSN: | 1018 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
Hit huts whilst low flying and crashed at Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire 25.12.45
Killed were Pilot-Sgt Geoffrey Francis WYKES, from Little Grove Place, Bedford, and passenger LAC Donald Garvin, a married man from Attercliffe, Sheffield.
Sources:
http://www.auster.ukf.net/p10.htm
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=909
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jun-2012 14:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2021 10:05 | Paul Allonby | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
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