Accident Hawker Tempest Mk II PR781,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160927
 
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Date:Tuesday 26 August 1947
Time:day
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: PR781
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
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 killed

Sources:

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

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
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]

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