ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19465
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| Date: | Saturday 10 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster I |
| Owner/operator: | 43 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | LB287 |
| MSN: | 158 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Portfield Road, Stratford Tony, Salisbury, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire (EGLS) |
Delivered to 653 Squadron on 7/ 9/42 at Penshurst, where it received slight damage after a pilot had taxied too close to a boundary hedge. On 28/3/43, it was transferred to 43 OTU at RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire. Shortly afterwards on 10/4/43, it was written-off when a pupil pilot, making a dummy landing-run over a field, cut his approach too fine and flew into trees that lined the approach at Portfield Road, Stratford Tony, Salisbury, Wiltshire on 10/4/1943. LB287 was struck off charge on 30/4/43.
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 2 Summer 1975
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=49
3. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p01.htm
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?8182-430410-Unaccounted-airmen-10-4-1943
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Feb-2013 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2014 23:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2018 19:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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