Date:	Wednesday 21 January 1948
Time:	night
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:	201 AFS RAF
Registration:	LR134
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile South West of RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington Mk. X LR134: Written off (destroyed) 21 January 1948 when crashed one mile south west of RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire. All three-crew killed.

The crew was performing a night training/cross country navigation sortie to and from RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire. On final approach, while at an insufficient altitude, the aircraft hit the ground at a relative high speed and crashed one mile short of the runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.

Crew of Wellington LR134 (all killed 21-1-48):
Flying Officer Edward Nichols Brooking RAF (pilot- aged 22)
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Rupert Say, (508731) RAF (aged 29)
Kenneth Cyril Simmonds RAF (aged 22)

It is reported that the crew neglected the radio communications procedures and the assigned track for an approach to RAF Swinderby, and that the pilot failed to follow the correct 'let down' procedures for final approach. The Wellington was destroyed when it flew into the ground while still under full power.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.72. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.366-367
3. 201 AFS ORB for the period 1-4-47 to 31-12-50: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1989/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162797
4. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs#1948
5. National Archive (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/29/W2406: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578252
6. RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, published 1991)
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-619-wellington-x-raf-swinderby-3-killed
8. https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/edward-nicholas-brooking-24-dscxsy
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Swinderby

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
29-Dec-2011 12:26	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
24-Apr-2017 23:43	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Dec-2017 21:13	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Aircraft type]
23-Oct-2018 20:58	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
27-Nov-2019 00:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2019 11:52	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
19-Jul-2021 18:32	Anon.	Updated [Location, Operator]