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| Date: | Monday 29 September 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Plus C |
| Owner/operator: | 651 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ES960 |
| MSN: | 113 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alswick Hall, Buntingford, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bovingdon, Hertfordshire |
Ex-G-AFUZ; civil registered as such 23/6/1939 to the County Flying Club Ltd, Rearsby, Leicestershire. C of R 91331/1, C of A 6659. Impressed into military service 31/7/1941 as ES960 under contract H.546122/41. Allocated to 651 Squadron, RAF.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) on 29/9/41 when it hit high-tension cables at Alswick Hall, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, and crashed out of control while taking part in a 'Bumper' exercise.
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly, Vol 1 No 1 Spring 1975 at http://austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%201.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFUZ.pdf
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=9
5. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Sep41.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Dec-2012 06:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jan-2013 05:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 29-Apr-2014 18:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Feb-2018 22:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
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