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Date: | Friday 1 September 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk XIV |
Owner/operator: | CGS RAF |
Registration: | PG403 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Vickers Wellington T. Mk. X PG403, CGS (Central Gunnery School), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1-9-1950. The airframe was deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" when the tail wheel and oleo leg were torn off when the aircraft was taxiing over soft grass at RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.106 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.80
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Sep-2013 02:01 |
JINX |
Added |
27-Apr-2015 19:41 |
ABBA |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
29-Dec-2020 20:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
29-Dec-2020 21:05 |
ABBA |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |