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Date: | Monday 19 August 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | General Aircraft Hamilcar I |
Owner/operator: | 1 HGSU RAF |
Registration: | RR959 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Tarrant Rushton, Dorset -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tarrant Rushton, Dorset |
Destination airport: | RAF Tarrant Rushton, Dorset |
Narrative:General Aircraft GAL.49 Hamilcar Mk. I, 1 HGSU (Heavy Glider Support Unit), RAF: Written off 19 August 1946 when stalled on landing at Tarrant Rushton, Dorset; undercarriage collapsed on impact. After committing to a landing at Tarrant Rushton, the wind direction suddenly and unexpectantly changed. The aircraft stalled, struck the ground heavily, and the undercarriage collapsed.
The two crew - Staff Sergeant N Underwood and Staff Sergeant S G Fogg - were uninjured.
Damaged beyond repair and struck off charge as Cat. E(FA) 30-8-46.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1992)
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.200
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.102:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 5.
http://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/dorcrash.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Aircraft_Hamilcar#Post-war 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Tarrant_Rushton#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Dec-2011 05:57 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
29-Dec-2011 07:06 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Source] |
06-Nov-2019 21:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Nov-2019 22:25 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
11-Jun-2023 16:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |