ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19433
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 May 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | BC Air CCS RAF |
| Registration: | TJ315 |
| MSN: | 1392 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tama-Ko -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Iwakuni, Japan |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when flew into trees in a down-draught at Tama-Ko, Japan, on 14/5/1946. At the time of the accident, Auster TJ315 was attached to the British Commonwealth Air Component Communications Squadron, Japan (BC Air CCS)
The air component of the BC Air CS was headquartered at Iwakuni with commands at Bofyu and Milio. All three of these had serviceable airfields, HMS Glory and HMS Vengeance ferried in aircraft while others were flown in. BCOF Air Component Commanding Officer was Air Vice-Marshal C.A. Bouchier, CB, CBE, DFC. The unit existed from February 1946 to March 1952, but the British involvement ended by December 1948
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1985, p.43)
2. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p13.htm
3. http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc_abbr-b.htm
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1289
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20140822123737/http://britains-smallwars.com:80/RRGP/OccupationJapan.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Dec-2012 06:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2012 06:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2013 20:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Jul-2015 21:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2019 06:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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