ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141479
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 December 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE |
| Registration: | R9545 |
| MSN: | 6473 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
c/no 6473: Taken on charge by RAF as R9545 under Contract 20916/39 at 2 E&WS Yatesbury 3.1.40; renamed 2 Signal School 26.8.40. To DeHavilland Witney for maintenance 5.11.42; to 18 MU RAF Dumfries 18.2.43. To ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 23.3.43. To DeHavilland Witney for maintenance 30.11.44; to 18 MU RAF Dumfries 22.2.45. Allocated to A&AEE Boscombe Down 22.9.45 and delivered 1.10.45.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit by fuel bowser whilst parked at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire 17.12.47. The fuel bowser inflected severe damage to the aircraft's tail, four of the longerons, the skin and other parts of the aircraft's rear fuselage. R9545 was deemed 'damaged beyond repair' and struck off charge 30.1.48. To scrap dump at Boscombe Down 20.4.48 after spares recovery
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 1946-1949 p.355 by Colin Cummings
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980 page 58)
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
5. A&AEE Boscombe Down ORB 1-1-48 to 31-1-50: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1216: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100926
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoD_Boscombe_Down#Cold_War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 11:05 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Feb-2019 18:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2023 14:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Time, Source, Narrative]] |
| 21-May-2023 08:19 | Nepa | Updated [[[Time, Source, Narrative]]] |
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