Date:	Thursday 28 March 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk XIV
Owner/operator:	SFU RAF
Registration:	PF866
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Shawbury, Shropshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Honiley, Wroxall, Warwickshire
Destination airport:	RAF Shawbury, Shropshire

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington Mk. XIV, PF866, SFU (Signals Flying Unit), RAF Honiley, Wroxall, Warwickshire: Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a landing accident at RAF Shawbury, Shropshire

On 28-3-1946, the pilot allowed the Wellington to overrun the end of the runway, having landed too fast, and 500 yards further down the runway from the recommended touchdown point. The pilot attempted to turn the aircraft off the runway and onto the perimeter track taxiway. However, while doing this, the Wellington struck a hedge, causing extensive damage.

Although the aircraft was written off as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) "damaged beyond economic repair", the crew appear to have escaped uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p 35. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1985)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.108
4. Field Signals Unit: Signals Flying Unit, Honiley, moved to Watton September 1946; includes RAF Station Honiley ORB October to December 1946: National Archivers (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1187: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100897
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.97: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communications_units_and_formations_of_the_Royal_Air_Force#Signals_units_and_formations
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Shawbury#The_Second_World_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Sep-2013 17:19	JINX	Added
27-Apr-2015 20:01	Don Diego	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
30-Apr-2017 21:22	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Jun-2021 20:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
25-Jun-2021 20:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
26-Jun-2021 09:02	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
05-Jul-2023 19:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Location, Operator]]