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Date: | Saturday 9 March 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Vickers Warwick GR Mk V |
Owner/operator: | ASWDU RAF |
Registration: | PN796 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire |
Narrative:Vickers Warwick GR Mk. V PN796, ASWDU (Air Sea Warfare Development Unit) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9 March 1946: Propeller would not unfeather, undercarriage failed to lock down, and collapsed on landing at RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire. No fatalities or injuries reported
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.33. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.91
4. ASWDU RAF ORB for the period 1-1-46 to 31-12-50: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1236:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100946 "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.96:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 5.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Thorney_Island Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Sep-2013 03:54 |
JINX |
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22-Sep-2013 19:08 |
JINX |
Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
14-Sep-2019 06:03 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
05-Nov-2019 23:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Nov-2019 22:28 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
20-Jun-2021 02:17 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
10-Jul-2023 03:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Source]] |