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Date: | Wednesday 30 January 1946 |
Time: | 21:50 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 21 OTU RAF |
Registration: | LP875 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire |
Narrative:Vickers Wellington Mk X LP875, 21 OTU, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30th January, 1946: This aircraft took off from its base at Moreton-in-Marsh at 19.51 hours detailed to practice single engine landings. At 21.50 hours whilst making an asymmetric approach to the runway, in gusty weather conditions, Wellington Mk X (LP875) crashed into a wood after stalling on approach to Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
All of the six crew on board survived: Flying Officer H Annable and Sergeant J A Neston were unhurt; Flying Officer C R Bluemell, Flying Officer J A Turner, Sergeant A Wells and Flying Officer D V Anderson were all injured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.30. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.51
3.
http://www.wellingtonaviation.org/history/docs/46.htm 4. 21 OTU RAF ORB (Operations Record Book) (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1-1-41 to 30-1-47: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/665 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100374 5.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1946-49.htm 6.
http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-5/styled-13/styled-158/index.html 7. Photos of wreckage:
http://www.royalairforcelosses.com/Royal_Air_Force_Losses/Post_War/page-3/ 8.
https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf 9. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.94:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Moreton-in-Marsh Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Apr-2017 22:24 |
Dr.John Smith |
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01-May-2017 00:38 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
01-May-2017 00:39 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Phase] |
01-May-2017 00:40 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
27-Nov-2018 19:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
10-Nov-2019 21:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-Jun-2021 22:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
15-Jun-2021 21:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |