Incident General Aircraft Hamilcar I RR994,
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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
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/timeContributorUpdates
29-Dec-2011 06:04 Uli Elch Added
29-Dec-2011 07:09 Uli Elch Updated [Source]
20-May-2023 08:38 Nepa Updated [[Source]]

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