Date:	Thursday 8 May 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk XVIII
Owner/operator:	228 OCU RAF
Registration:	PG238
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington PG238: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8 May 1947 in a landing accident at RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire.

On approach to RAF Driffield, the port engine failed due to an oil leak. The pilot was unable to maintain altitude on the starboard engine only. Consequently, the Wellington overshot the runway, went through the boundary hedge, and ended up in an adjacent field.

The aircraft was written off as Cat. E(FA), but the three crew appear to have survived uninjured.

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.299
3. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4. ORB 228 OCU RAF for the period 151947 to 31121950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1634: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101344
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._228_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Driffield#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Sep-2013 20:50	JINX	Added
27-Apr-2015 20:03	Fort Knox	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
17-May-2023 19:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]]
17-May-2023 20:30	Nepa	Updated [[[Aircraft type, Operator]]]