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Date: | Thursday 7 March 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 21 OTU RAF |
Registration: | PG392 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Vickers Wellington Mk. X, PG392, 21 OTU (Operational Training Unit) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7-3-1946 when the port engine failed on take-off from RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, due to a failure in the combustion chamber in the port engine.
The pilot closed the throttles, feathered the port engine, the aircraft overshot, and ran off the end of the runway. The pilot also raised the undercarriage raised to facilitate an emergency stop. Of the five crew, F/O S E Judd, W/O K H Shepherd and Sgt Kew were all unhurt. Sgt Turton and Sgt Gregory were injured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings
4. 21 OTU RAF ORB (Operations Record Book) (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1-1-41 to 30-1-47: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/665 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100374 5.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1946-49.htm 6.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=%20PG392 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Operational_Training_Units 8.
https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Moreton-in-Marsh Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Sep-2013 01:54 |
JINX |
Added |
27-Apr-2015 20:00 |
Don Diego |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
01-May-2017 00:12 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Jun-2021 21:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source] |
18-Jun-2021 22:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
17-Jul-2023 17:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]] |