ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25209
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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson VI |
| Owner/operator: | AFEE (Armed Forces Experimental Establishment) |
| Registration: | FK537 |
| MSN: | 414-7013 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | New Lennerton Lane, Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire (EGCJ) |
| Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire (EGCJ) |
(Ex-USAAF 42-47093). On 16th December 1943, the crew of AFEE (Armed Forces Experimental Establishment) Lockheed Hudson FK537 were undertaking an air test around the Sherburn in Elmet area in poor visibility. As they returned to Sherburn to land the aircraft suffered the port engine fail, the pitch control on the starboard propeller then failed causing the angle of the propeller to change.
As the aircraft made an approach to land the aircraft lost height and then struck a railway embankment in the western under-shoot area. The undercarriage was smashed off and the aircraft then crashed into the field between the railway and the end of the runway. One of the passengers, Corporal Wilfred Mawson RAF (AAF) (871786), aged 46, died of his injuries while the pilot, F/Lt Robin Henry Palmer RAFVR (101485) and two other passengers were injured but survived. The crash site was at Grid Ref. SE 530 337 alongside New Lennerton Lane.
Sources:
1. http://sherburninelmethistory.co.uk/aviation/aircraft-accidents/
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_2a.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Nov-2017 22:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Damage] |
| 01-Nov-2017 23:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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