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Date: | Tuesday 22 July 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Vickers Wellington T Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 6 ANS RAF |
Registration: | PF966 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Lichfield, Fradley, Staffordshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lichfield, Fradley, Staffordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Vickers Wellington T.Mk.X PF966, 6 ANS (Air Navigation School), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22/7/1952: Hit a building with one of its wings while taxiing at RAF Lichfield, Fradley, Staffordshire. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and Struck Off Charge
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.131 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.269
3. 6 ANS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1952 to 31/12/1953: National Archives (PRO Kew) AIR 29/2300/4 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163213 4.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/ground-accident-vickers-619-wellington-x-raf-lichfield Revision history:
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01-Sep-2013 20:24 |
JINX |
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01-Sep-2013 20:28 |
JINX |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
27-Apr-2015 19:36 |
Slizack |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
15-Mar-2017 23:20 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
21-Apr-2017 22:17 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
16-Mar-2021 17:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
16-Mar-2021 20:43 |
TG |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |