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Date: | Tuesday 9 May 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster AOP.6 |
Owner/operator: | 657 Sqn /1901 Flt RAF |
Registration: | VF549 |
MSN: | 2507 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Dartmoor, Devon, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Dartmoor, Devon |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Auster AOP.6 VF549, 1901 Flight, 657 Squadron, RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9-5-1950 when overshot landing on strip and hit wall on Dartmoor, Devon. No reported injuries among the crew of two.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.101 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.55
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VF 5.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2400 Revision history:
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17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
25-Feb-2012 15:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
13-Aug-2012 02:29 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
22-Dec-2020 23:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
23-Dec-2020 10:12 |
Fanda |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
19-Mar-2021 18:35 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |