Date:	Saturday 4 December 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Tempest Mk II
Owner/operator:	226 OCU RAF
Registration:	PR846
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Bentwaters, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bentwaters, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Bentwaters, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Narrative:
Hawker Tempest Mk. II PR846, 226 OCU, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4-12-48 when bounced on landing, at RAF Bentwaters, near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Aircraft stalled, the starboard wing dropped, then dug into the ground, causing the aircraft to cartwheel.

Not repaired; classified as Cat. E(G/I): Became Ground Instructional Airframe No.6625M.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.457
3. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4. ORB 226 OCU RAF for the period 1-8-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1632: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101342
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._226_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF#Operational_history
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_the_South_East.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bentwaters#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Sep-2013 09:40	JINX	Added
30-Mar-2015 10:32	Route	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]