Incident General Aircraft Hamilcar Mk I RR934,
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Date:Sunday 16 March 1947
Time:
Type:General Aircraft Hamilcar Mk I
Owner/operator:1 HGCU RAF
Registration: RR934
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Netheravon, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire (EGDN)
Destination airport:RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire (EGDN)
Narrative:
Genral Aircraft Hamilcar RR934 (Heavy Glider Conversion Unit): Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16/03/1947 as a result of damage sustained in a gale while parked out in the open on the airfield at RAF Netheravon, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire

Sources:

1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft PA100 - RZ999, published 1992
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.281
4. ORB 21 HGCU RAF for the period 1-7-1942 to 30-11-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/529/2: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7160810
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netheravon_Airfield#Royal_Air_Force,_1918%E2%80%931963

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Dec-2011 05:49 Uli Elch Added
29-Dec-2011 07:07 Uli Elch Updated [Source]
19-May-2023 21:55 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Source]]

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