Date:	Monday 11 November 1946
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:	Kings Flt RAF
Registration:	RL951
MSN:	6933
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile North of Mount Farm, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Mount Farm, Dorchester, Oxfordshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
C/no. 6933: Taken on charge as RL951 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C2a at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 4.2.46. Issued to the Kings Flight, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire 16.7.46. The King's Flight was reformed on 1 May 1946 at RAF Benson with a single aircraft, a de Havilland Dominie (RL951) and, soon after, with four Vickers Viking C.2s.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when wrecked in a forced landing following engine failure 1 mile North of RAF Mount Farm, Dorchester-on-Thames, Wallingford, Oxfordshire 11.11.46. Cause of engine failure attributed to fuel starvation. Struck off charge as Cat. E(FA) 10.2.47.

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 by Colin Cummings p.244
3. Reconstitution of the King's Flight 1946-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT217/491: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C574645
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p069.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=RL951
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_transport_of_the_British_royal_family_and_government#History
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Mount_Farm#Post-war_governmental_use

Aerial photograph of RAF Mount Farm, Dorchester-on-Thames, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England 3 January 1946

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