ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173261
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| Date: | Thursday 26 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Tempest Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 56 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | EJ560 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Millfield, Northumberland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Millfield, Northumberland |
| RAF Millfield, Northumberland |
On 26 April 1945 Tempest Mk 5 EJ560 overshot Runway 24, ploughed through the hedges over road and into a field, turned two somersaults, engine broke away from fuselage and tail broke off at a point some four feet aft of cockpit. Finished by standing on its nose. Pilot escaped unaided and unhurt. Pilot was F/Sgt A.E. Gunn, a 56 OTU. Instructor, who was returning short of fuel, on overshoot, undercarriage failed to retract.
A .E. Gunn stayed in the Royal Air Force after the war and in 1948 attended the Empire Test Pilots School at Farnborough. Later he became Chief Test Pilot for the Boulton Paul Aircraft Company, doing all the development flying of the P111 and the P120 delta aircraft, including a successful ejection from the P120 on 29 August 1952 when flying from Boscombe Down. Wiltshire.
Sources:
1. http://www.milfield.org.uk/fighter_leader_school_milfield.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2015 23:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Apr-2015 18:00 | King T. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
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