ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141433
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| Date: | Saturday 21 October 1944 |
| Time: | 14:14 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle ST.V |
| Owner/operator: | AFEE (Armed Forces Experimental Establishment) |
| Registration: | V1762 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sherburn-in-Elmet (EGCJ) |
| RAF Sherburn-in-Elmet (EGCJ) |
Just prior to 21st October 1944 Armstrong Whitworth Albermarle ST.Mk.V transport plane V1762 had had two new engines fitted at Sherburn airfield while being used by the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment (AFEE). During the afternoon on this date it was to be test flown to test the operation of the new engines, after taking off the starboard engine immediately became to show problems and shortly afterwards the port engine then failed. The aircraft had managed to climb to 600 feet above the ground but had low forward speed, the pilot appears to have turned the aircraft around and while making an emergency approach to land the aircraft stalled. At 14.14 hours it then crashed into a field some 300 yards short of the airfield on the north-west side, where the industrial estate is now. Sadly, two of those flying in the aircraft were killed while the pilot somehow survived.
In more recent years more information came to light as to what might have happened, another WAAF engine fitter who had been responsible for the engine change stated that her team had not passed the aircraft as ready for flight but that this was then over-ruled by a high-ranking officer who passed it as serviceable.
Crew:
P/O (182548) James George Swain (Flight Engineer) RAFVR - killed
LACW (2058307) Nellie Griffiths (Pass. (engine fitter) WAAF - killed
W/O William J Edwards (pilot) RAF - Survived but seriously injured.
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft T1000 - V9999, published 1997
2. http://sherburninelmethistory.co.uk/aviation/aircraft-accidents/
3. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126603
4. http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=145
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 08:45 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 29-Jul-2016 10:46 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2017 22:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2021 10:10 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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