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Date: | Tuesday 26 August 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Tempest Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 33 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PR781 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Fassberg, Lower Saxony -
Germany
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Fassberg, Germany (ETHS) |
Destination airport: | RAF Fassberg, Germany (ETHS) |
Narrative:Hawker Tempest Mk.II PR781, 33 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 26 August 1947 when engine caught fire on air test, overshot landing at RAF Fassberg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Aircraft destroyed by fire. Pilot killed
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.67. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/29/W2392:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578238 3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4.
http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/action/postwar 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%C3%9Fberg_Air_Base#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Sep-2013 20:41 |
JINX |
Added |
30-Mar-2015 10:34 |
Roup |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
26-Nov-2019 20:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |