Date:	Tuesday 26 August 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Tempest Mk II
Owner/operator:	33 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PR781
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Fassberg, Lower Saxony -   Germany
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Fassberg, Germany (ETHS)
Destination airport:	RAF Fassberg, Germany (ETHS)

Narrative:
Hawker Tempest Mk.II PR781, 33 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 26 August 1947 when engine caught fire on air test, overshot landing at RAF Fassberg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Aircraft destroyed by fire. Pilot, Pilot II William Arfon Hickey died the following day from his injuries.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.67. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/29/W2392: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578238
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/action/postwar
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%C3%9Fberg_Air_Base#History
6. https://33squadronassociation.co.uk/rollofhonour.php

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Sep-2013 20:41	JINX	Added
30-Mar-2015 10:34	Roup	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, ]
26-Nov-2019 20:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
22-Dec-2024 09:59	pmdavies33	Updated [Country, Source, Narrative, ]