Incident Miles Martinet TT Mk 1 JN647,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204650
 
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Date:Tuesday 25 April 1950
Time:day
Type:Miles Martinet TT Mk 1
Owner/operator:226 OCU RAF
Registration: JN647
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Gosfield, 5 miles North of Braintree, Essex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Stradishall, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Miles M-25 Martinet TT. Mk.1 JN647, 226 OCU, RAF; Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/4/50 when force landed due to engine failure on the disused Gosfield Aerodrome, 5 miles north of Braintree, Essex. (RAF Gosfield had closed in February 1946). No fatalities or injuries reported to the crew of two.

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999. Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.101 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 51
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Gosfield

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Jan-2018 17:33 TB Added
27-Dec-2019 19:10 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Dec-2019 21:42 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
22-Dec-2020 19:34 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
23-Dec-2020 10:06 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]

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