Date:	Wednesday 5 January 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Tempest Mk II
Owner/operator:	26 Sqn / 135 Wg RAF
Registration:	PR674
MSN:	FR-C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Teutoburger Wald, near Borgholz-Hauzen, 8 miles S of Melle -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Fassberg, Germany (ETHS)
Destination airport:	RAF Gütersloh, Germany

Narrative:
Hawker Tempest II PR674 ("FR-C") 26 Squadron RAF: Written off (destroyed) 5 January 1949. Flew into trees on hill while changing formation at Teutoburger Wald, near Borgholtz-Hauzen, 8 miles S of Melle, Nord-Rhein Westphalia, Germany. Pilot killed

PR674, "FR-C" was flown as the "personal aircraft" of Wing Commander Frank Reginald 'Chota' Carey while OC 135 Wing RAF, in 1948, and carried his pennant by the cockpit door and the "Squadron code" was, in fact, his initials. (see link #4). However he was not flying PR674 at the time of its fatal accident. (He left the RAF in June 1960, going on to work for Rolls-Royce in Australia until retiring in 1972.He died on December 6 2004 aged 92)

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.83. ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/29/W2436: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578282
4. Franks, Norman. (2006) (Republished 2008). Frank 'Chota' Carey: The Epic Story of G/C Carey CBE, DFC and 2 Bars, AFC, DFM, US Silver Star. London: Grub Street. ISBN 1-904943-38-1.
5. http://www.internetmodeler.com/2006/may/galleria/tempest5.jpg
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Reginald_Carey#Post-war
7. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgholzhausen

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Sep-2013 19:35	JINX	Added
24-Sep-2013 19:38	JINX	Updated [Time]
04-Mar-2015 15:02	Faun	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase]
03-Dec-2019 01:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Dec-2019 13:05	Nepa	Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative, Operator]