Gear-up landing Incident Vickers Wellington Mk X NA843,
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Date:Friday 7 December 1951
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:101 FRS RAF
Registration: NA843
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Blyton, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire
Destination airport:RAF Blyton, Lincolnshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Vickers Wellington T.Mk.X NA843, 101 FRS, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7/12/1951. The aircraft was attempting to overshoot from an approach to RAF Blyton, 5 miles North East of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, but lost height, and made a wheels-up belly landing on the grass at RAF Blyton.

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.123 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.205
4. 101 FRS ORB (Operations Record Book) (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to
31/1/1952: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2319/1 at hhttps://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163235
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1951
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Blyton
7. http://www.bcar.org.uk/blyton-history

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Feb-2021 19:37 Dr. John Smith Added
17-Feb-2021 20:42 Lelek Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]
20-Feb-2021 02:53 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source]

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