Date:	Thursday 27 September 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:	2 ANS RAF
Registration:	NC720
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
On 27-09-51, NC720 a Vickers Wellington T. Mk.10 of 2 ANS, RAF was destroyed when a bomb exploded while being unloaded from the aircraft at RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire. No reported casaulties

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.117 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.182
3. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
4. 2 ANS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1955; National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 29/2299/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163209

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Apr-2017 18:22	Dr.John Smith	Added
27-Dec-2018 18:36	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
10-Feb-2021 19:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Feb-2021 19:37	Iwosh	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]
11-Mar-2021 23:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
11-Mar-2021 23:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]