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Date: | Tuesday 20 March 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.III |
Owner/operator: | AOP Trg Flt RAF |
Registration: | MZ131 |
MSN: | 267 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Eboli ALG, Campania, Salerno -
Italy
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Eboli ALG, Campania, Salerno, Italy |
Narrative:Delivered to 47 MU RAF Sealand, Cheshire, on 28/02/43 for shipment to Algiers aboard SS 'H-205' with MZ130. First issued to 654 Squadron. Later used by the AOP Training Flight when on 20/03/45 a pilot discovered the rudder pedals jammed while landing at Ebote ALG at Campania, Salerno, in Italy. The pilot was unable to correct a subsequent swing and the ensuing crash led to MZ131 being written-off. Struck off charge on 19/07/45
Sources:
1. Mike Draper Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 4 Winter/Spring 1976
2.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=150 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Apr-2014 22:26 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
06-Jun-2015 11:02 |
Weeks |
Updated [Operator] |