Date:	Tuesday 2 September 1947
Time:
Type:	Vickers Viking C.2
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	VL245
MSN:	144
Year of manufacture:	1946
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	3 km S of Aberdeen-Dyce Airport (ABZ) -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Aberdeen-Dyce Airport (ABZ/EGPD)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The aircraft lost an engine while climbing out. Unable to gain height the crew force landed in a field at Newhills. The Viking was part of the King's Flight.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley

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