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Date: | Friday 5 September 1947 |
Time: | |
Type: | General Aircraft Hamilcar I |
Owner/operator: | 47 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | RR994 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:General Aircraft Hamilcar RR994: Damaged beyond repair at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire 5 September 1947. Remains struck off charge as Cat. E(GI); to RAF Ground Instructional Airframe 6444M 27.9.1947. No further details.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.318
3. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1992)
4. 47 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2418/1:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8419743 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._47_Squadron_RAF#1946%E2%80%931967_Transport 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Fairford#Cold_War Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Dec-2011 06:04 |
Uli Elch |
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29-Dec-2011 07:09 |
Uli Elch |
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20-May-2023 08:38 |
Nepa |
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