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| Date: | Sunday 8 November 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster Plus D |
| Owner/operator: | Trustee of the Assets of The Canuck Flying Club |
| Registration: | G-AHAI |
| MSN: | 202 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Doncourt-lès-Conflans Airport, Lorraine -
 France
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Doncourt Les Conflans (LFGR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Registered 18/6/59 to John Harden, Trustee of the Canuck Flying Club, who were a group of RCAF pilots based at RAF Langar, Nottinghamshire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8/11/59 when crashed on take off from Doncourt-lès-Conflans Airport (LFGR).
Registration G-AHAI cancelled 8/11/59 as aircraft "destroyed"
Doncourt-lès-Conflans Airport (ICAO: LFGR) is a regional airport in France, located 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southwest of Homécourt (Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est); 160 miles (260 km) east of Paris
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 3 Winter 1975: https://austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%203.pdf
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=100
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHAI-1.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHAI-2.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doncourt-l%C3%A8s-Conflans_Airport#Current
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Apr-2014 02:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Apr-2014 02:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Nov-2017 17:09 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Mar-2025 06:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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