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| Date: | Sunday 20 May 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Piper J-4A Cub Coupe |
| Owner/operator: | 2nd TAF RAF |
| Registration: | DP852 |
| MSN: | 4-653 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Advanced Landing Ground B-112, RAF Hopsten, Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ALG B-112 Hopsten |
First civil registered [C of R 9202/1] 12.10.39 as G-AFXT to C.T.F Aviation Ltd., Haddenham, RAF Thame, Oxfordshire. C of V.200 issued October 1939.
Civil registration G-AFXT cancelled 25.3.41 when impressed into military service as DP852. In late 1944/early 1945 in service with the 2nd TAF, Royal Air Force.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) in an accident on 20.5.45 at Advanced Landing Ground B-112, RAF Hopsten, Westphalia, West Germany.
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-AFXT.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheine-Hopsten_Air_Base
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/00464.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2018 12:25 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Feb-2018 12:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 01-Apr-2019 15:24 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
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