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| Date: | Tuesday 2 September 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Viking C.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VL245 |
| MSN: | 144 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km S of Aberdeen-Dyce Airport (ABZ) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aberdeen-Dyce Airport (ABZ/EGPD) |
The aircraft lost an engine while climbing out. Unable to gain height the crew force landed in a field at Newhills. The Viking was part of the King's Flight.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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