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Date: | Monday 28 January 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Consolidated B-24L-15-FO Liberator C.VI |
Owner/operator: | 86 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | KL681 |
MSN: | 4688 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Narrative:Consolidated B-24L-15-FO Liberator: Ex-USAAF 44-49833 [MSN 4688] built by the Ford Motor Co. To RAF April 1945 as Liberator C.VI KL681, and issued to 86 Squadron. On 10-6-45, 86 Squadron joined Transport Command's No. 301 Wing, flying missions to India. Finally, on 25-4-46, the Squadron was disbanded.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28-1-46: The pilot undershot the landing at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, in gusty wind conditions and struck ATC (Air Traffic Control) van. The undercarriage leg snapped off, and the aircraft came to a halt on the grass beside the runway. None of the fifteen persons on board were injured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.29 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.49
3. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.94:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf111 4. 86 Sqn RAF ORB for January 1946: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/710/22:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8455006 5,
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._86_Squadron_RAF#Post_war 7.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b24_21.html 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Oakington#Post_war Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jun-2021 20:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
03-Jun-2021 21:18 |
MiG15 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
22-Jul-2023 13:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Operator, Location, Operator]] |