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Date: | Tuesday 9 December 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Bristol Buckmaster T Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 19 MU RAF |
Registration: | VA361 |
MSN: | 12128 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan |
Destination airport: | RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Bristol Buckmaster T. Mk.1 VA361, 19 MU RAF St. Athan: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 09/12/1947 when bellylanded at RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan after the starboard mainwheel failed to lower on approach. Aircraft not repaired, struck off charge 29/04/1948
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004)
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. Final Landings - A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat losses 1946-1949 by Colin Cummings p.354
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VA 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Buckmaster 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=1344 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Maintenance_units 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOD_St_Athan#RAF_St_Athan Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Apr-2013 11:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
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01-Jun-2015 20:55 |
Tu104 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
05-May-2023 15:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport]] |
15-May-2023 09:56 |
Nepa |
Updated [[[Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport]]] |