Incident Hawker Tempest Mk II PR687,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160911
 
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Date:Saturday 4 May 1946
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic tpst model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Tempest Mk II
Owner/operator:33 Sqn RAF
Registration: PR687
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Holckenhavn Castle, near Nyborg, Funen -   Denmark
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Fassberg, Germany
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hawker Tempest Mk.V PR687, 33 Squadron RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4 May 1946. Stalled recovering from RP dive & dived into ground, at Holckenhavn Castle, near Nyborg. The engine was cutting out intermittently, and the oil pressure dropped. The pilot had insufficient engine power as a result, and therefore force landed the aircraft.

Holckenhavn Castle is a manor house located next to Holckenhavn Fjord, an arm of the Great Belt, just south of Nyborg on the east coast of Funen, Denmark

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.39 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.135
3. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holckenhavn_Castle#Holckenhavn_Castle_today

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Sep-2013 19:52 JINX Added
30-Mar-2015 10:34 Roup Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
19-Dec-2017 19:08 Anon. Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Country]
19-Dec-2017 19:19 Anon. Updated [Location]
14-Sep-2019 06:32 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
03-Nov-2019 21:45 TB Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source]
05-Jul-2021 21:08 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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