Date:	Wednesday 30 August 1950
Time:	day
Type:	Percival Prentice T Mk I
Owner/operator:	3 FTS RAF
Registration:	VS254
MSN:	5800/14
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near East Wretham, Breckland, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Percival Prentice T.Mk.1 VS854: Notified as Awaiting collection 28/06/1948. Delivered 29/06/1948, and served with 3 FTS (Flying Training School) RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk. Written off 30/8/1950 when the instructor was performing a practice forced landing near East Wretham, Norfolk, the aircraft came into contact with some overhead power lines and crashed, both crew safely escaped.

The reported crash location of Wretham is a civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. The parish includes the village of East Wretham, which is about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Thetford and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Norwich. It also includes the villages of Illington and Stonebridge at approximate coordinates 52.479°N 0.818°E

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 SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.79
4. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/photolists/%40MAR_11_18.pdf p.727
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VS
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wretham

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Dec-2020 18:28	Dr. John Smith	Added
29-Dec-2020 18:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
29-Dec-2020 21:25	INV	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]