Date:	Tuesday 2 December 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:	2 ANS RAF
Registration:	LN376
MSN:	day
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	2 miles south of RAF Tangmere, in Hook Lane, Aldingbourne, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Emswoth, Hampshire
Destination airport:	RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington T.Mk X, LN376, 2 ANS (Air Navigation School), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2/12/1952 in an accident two miles south of RAF Tangmere, West Sussex. The pilot was attempting an asymmetric (single engine) approach to RAF Tangmere, after the starboard engine had failed. Despite poor visibilty, the pilot decided to make a visual approach after one dummy attempt.

The pilot made his approach down wind at an altitude of 750 feet, and then committted to a final apporach, reducing altitude to 100 feet. At a distance of about two miles from the airfield, the pilot decided to abandon the approach and overshoot. He then opened up the throttle on the "live" (port) engine; the aircraft then yawed to starboard and crashed. Of the four crew on board, one was killed, and three survived with injuries.

Crew of Wellington LN376:
Sergeant Frank Ashmore (pilot, aged 30) RAF- killed on duty 2/12/1952
PiIot Officer D A Jenkin (pilot) RAF - survived with injuries
Pilot Officer A C Henton (Navigator) RAF - survived with injuries
Sergeant L R Osborne (Wireless Op/Air Gunner) RAF - survived with injuries

Cause: Failure of the right engine on final approach for undetermined reason. As far as is known, the crash of Wellington LN376 was the last fatal accident involving the aircraft type, as the Vickers Wellington was withdrawn from service at the end of 1952.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.129 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 315
3. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
4. 2 ANS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1955; National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 29/2299/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163209
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-619-wellington-x-raf-tangmere-1-killed

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
29-Dec-2011 12:06	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
29-Dec-2015 08:12	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
15-Mar-2017 21:59	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Apr-2017 22:09	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Operator]
08-Dec-2017 21:05	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Aircraft type]
27-Dec-2018 18:38	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
02-Mar-2021 18:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
02-Mar-2021 18:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
02-Mar-2021 20:25	Opietz	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]
11-Mar-2021 23:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
01-Apr-2021 00:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Narrative]
01-Apr-2021 00:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport]
01-Apr-2021 18:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
27-Mar-2022 14:09	Anon.	Updated [Location]
17-Jul-2023 17:03	Nepa	Updated [[Location]]