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Date: | Friday 25 July 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster AOP.6 |
Owner/operator: | 657 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | TW565 |
MSN: | 1929 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Bawdsey, Bawdsey, Suffolk -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Andover, Weyhill, Andover, Hampshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Bawdsey, Bawdsey, Suffolk |
Narrative:Auster AOP.6 TW565, 657 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed by fire) 25-7-47: A VEREY flare pistol was accidentally discharged in the cockpit by the pilot whilst the aircraft was in flight, and started a fire. The aircraft crash-landed at RAF Bawdsey, Suffolk, but the fire could not be extinguished, and the Auster was burnt out.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.326
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 657 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-5-47 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2534:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505172 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._657_Squadron_RAF 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bawdsey#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Feb-2012 13:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
13-Aug-2012 02:07 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
11-May-2023 21:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]] |