Can you help with the fates of Auster aircraft flown by Sir Michael Marshall of Marshall Aeropace Cambridge.
Michael’s log books contain five Auster registrations: G-AJUH, G-AGXX, G-AUF, G-AIGM and G-AIBN.
Michael’s first flight in an Auster was on 14 April 1949 in G-AJUH.
Any information about these Austers would be greatly appreciated.
By: l.garey - 22nd November 2017 at 11:55
Reopening this old thread just to say to “1946” (post 8) that I took this photo of G-AIGL at Westwood airfield (former RAF Peterborough) in 1952, just before it was exported. 1946: do you still have it? As to IGM, I flew it at Marshalls, Cambridge in 1959.
By: flyernzl - 25th April 2010 at 09:18
G-AJUH was re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-AWI in 11.50
ZK-AWI Auster J-1 Autocrat c/n 2620 ex G-AUJH
5Dec50 Wanganui AC – conv. J-1N
then Rolvin Airways Ltd., Milson, Arthur T Myers, Masterton, A Armstrong, Central Otago
final owner from 23Oct75 E E Cuttance, Mosgiel.
Cr & DBF Taieri airfield 25Jan81, registration cancelled 8May81.
At Rukuhia 5Nov1977
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd April 2010 at 15:27
SE-CGP G-AIGL
SE-CGP did not have a very happy life in Sweden. In less than a year after import from Norway it had suffered two notifiable accidents the second of which in December 1958 is likely to have been the cause of its removal from the register in April 1959.
G-AIGL/VH-AIK — “1946” I have sent you a PM.
By: Newforest - 23rd April 2010 at 08:15
SE-CGP is/was c/n 2617.
By: Kenneth - 23rd April 2010 at 07:56
G-AJUF was re-registered in Norway as LN-ORF in 3.52
Google reveals that it later became SE-CGP, a registration which gives no hits in the official online Swedish register.
By: 1946 - 23rd April 2010 at 00:40
Looking through the registratioms, G-AIGM, I own the previous Auster reg, G-AIGL. Any help on the history of that aircraft, ie owners and flights, I do have the orignal journey book for the aircraft, but would like some more information on it. It is now registered VH-AIK.
By: avion ancien - 22nd April 2010 at 20:16
No, you’re probably right. I think I have seen its fate recorded as dbr – damaged beyond repair. I think that I saw a “crash report” and then put two and two together and probably made five!
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd April 2010 at 19:13
I might be mistaken but G-AIGM did not crash at Wickenby but its fate was similar – it was destroyed in a hangar collapse at that location. It was not the only Auster lost in Jan 87 due to heavy falls of snow.
By: avion ancien - 22nd April 2010 at 18:33
G-INFO is helpful up to a point but it will not always provide information about the fate of a particular aircraft. For example, G-AJUH had a life after that on the British civil register and so “sold abroad” does not tell one its fate. However I’m sure that with a few leads, the internet will offer more information about the eventual fate of the aircraft in which you are interested, [email]cottys@sky.com[/email]. So hopefully the following will be helpful:
G-AJUH was re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-AWI in 11.50
G-AGXX crashed at Cambridge on 16.12.51
G-AJUF was re-registered in Norway as LN-ORF in 3.52
G-AIGM was converted to an Alpha and crashed at Wickenby on 23.1.87
Also you may find http://www.auster.ukf.net/ a useful source of information.
Finally Tiger Moth G-AIBN was re-registered in Ireland as EI-AOP in 11.65
By: cottys@sky.com - 22nd April 2010 at 12:53
Yes I stand corrected G-AIBN is a Tiger moth and the Auster with the incomplete reg is G-AJUF
By: Moggy C - 22nd April 2010 at 12:43
And, of course G-AUF is not a registration
Moggy
By: Jagx204 - 22nd April 2010 at 10:51
The G-INFO search on the CAA website will give you their UK histories:
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1
They have archived in .pdf form the pre1986 entires so you can see the whole history of a particular airframe.
As an example
G-AJUH was sold abroad 2/11/1950.
G-AIBN is a Tiger Moth, by the way not an Auster
HTH
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April 22, 2010 at 10:14 am