ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206636
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| Date: | Monday 18 October 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Plus C2 |
| Owner/operator: | Ronald Melville Smith |
| Registration: | G-AFUA |
| MSN: | 107 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Northaw, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hatfield Aerodrome, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered [C of R 9112/1] on 19.5.39 as G-AFUA to Norman Manby, Northamptonshire (aircraft based at Sywell, Northamptonshire). Registration cancelled/lapsed 14.5.39. Sold on and re-registered [C of R 9112/2] on 24.5.39 to Malling Aviation Ltd., West Malling Aerodrome, West Malling, Kent. Registration cancelled/lapsed 7.7.39.
Registration restored [C of R 9112/3] 18.7.39 to Arthur Harrison, Union Street, Birmingham (aircraft based at Birmingham Airport, Elmdon, Birmingham). G-AFUA was the only Taylorcraft C.2 to have escaped impressment into military service during WW II: for the duration of the war, G-AFUA was stored by its owner at Dunton Hall, near Castle Bromwich, Staffordshire
Registration G-AFUA cancelled/lapsed 17.5.47. Registration restored [C of R 9112/4] 15.9.47 to Ronald Melville Smith, Blackwell, Worcestershire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18.10.48 when crashed at Northaw, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire (at approximate co-ordinates 51°70′N 0°15′W). Registration G-AFUA formally (and belatedly) cancelled by the Air Ministry 30.9.50 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Northaw is a village in the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Northaw and Cuffley
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFUA.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. Auster Quarterly Vol.1 No. 1 at http://austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%201.pdf
5. http://austerhg.org/gallery3/Auster-1243594292/Taylorcraft/G-AFUA-Model-C-Pic-4
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northaw
7. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2018 19:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Feb-2018 19:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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