What Happened Here? Auster WE600

Horsham St Faiths is now called “Norwich International Airport” and I can assure Anark et al, there are still plenty of “goings on” going on ! Keith.

They were magazines about the goings on at RAF Horsham St. Faith.
Here’s a scan of one.

Thank you. I am now better informed!

I’m sure that I’m going to be pilloried for my ignorance but could Anark or someone else tell me what “Horsham Digests” are unless, of course, the answer is so obvious that I have discounted it, namely a periodical from or about the town of Horsham (either that in Sussex or one of the others around the country)!

They were magazines about the goings on at RAF Horsham St. Faith.
Here’s a scan of one.

WE600

I believe the photos show the result of the following accident involving WE600

“On the 11th July 1954 at 1845 hours near the end of a landing run the aircraft ran into a soft depression approximately 5 yards to the right of a bad ground marker and nosed over onto its back at a location 8 miles from Guildford. Cat.4. Pilot Sgt. W.H. Wastell of 1964 Flight.”

Is that the marker in the foreground of the photos?

The Auster was taken to the manufacturer’s at Rearsby for repair.

Does your grandad have any more photos of Austers you could post?

HORSHAM DIGESTS

I’m sure that I’m going to be pilloried for my ignorance but could Anark or someone else tell me what “Horsham Digests” are unless, of course, the answer is so obvious that I have discounted it, namely a periodical from or about the town of Horsham (either that in Sussex or one of the others around the country)!

Thanks for the Beverley photos. My father took me to an airshow at Yeadon in 1961,I can remember the DC-3’s parked over by the hangars.

Here are some more.
First 4 taken at Yeadon circa July 1956 and the last at Fairford in the 70’s.

Yes please !! we(I) love to see old photo’s on here.

Thanks for the info.
My grandad took the photo so I don’t know too much about it but he said that it hit a pothole in a field whilst landing.
He was in 664 AOP Sqdn and was an instrument mechanic I think.
He was also on 263 Sqdn with the Meteors.
I have some more photos if you want me to post them as well as some “Horsham Digests”, a “Hucknall Gazette” and another booklet about 664 AOP Sqdn.

If you look at the second photo,you can see two tyre tracks and where the aircraft has hit an edge. The propellor looks undamaged so a dead stick landing ?

No. 663 Royal Auxiliary air Force squadron was formed at Hooton Park on 01.7.1949 and maintained flights at Ringway,Llandow and Castle Bromwich until disbanded 10.3.57. The RAF Museum at Hendon should hold the record card for WE600 and from that you could find the incident date. It looks like it flipped over as a result of a forced landing,engine starting or brake incident.

An Auster T.7 WE600 It was with No663 Sqdn and was repaired to go on the Trans-Antartic expedition.