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| Date: | Saturday 22 June 1968 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V |
| Owner/operator: | RAF College Flying Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AOCP |
| MSN: | 1800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hemswell, Heapham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Damaged beyond repair at RAF Hemswell, Heapham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 22/6/1968 and withdrawn from use. Registration cancelled as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use") on 24/6/1971. However, airframe reported as still in existence, stored at Thorney, at Carr Farm, Nottinghamshire, 7 miles West of Lincoln, in February 2015
Auster G-AOP was ex-RAF Auster TW462
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOCP-1.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOCP-2.pdf
3. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p18.htm
4. http://www.eurodemobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=3425
5. https://www.austerclub.org/were1.htm
6. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1689
7. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1528907
8. https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/525523-want-good-laugh.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Jun-2012 19:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jun-2022 20:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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