Incident Vickers Wellington Mk XIV PG403,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159892
 
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Date:Friday 1 September 1950
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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
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/timeContributorUpdates
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]

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