Date:	Wednesday 13 February 1952
Time:	night
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:	104 FRS RAF
Registration:	MF567
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Fradley, near RAF Litchfield, Staffordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Litchfield, Staffordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Litchfield, Staffordshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington T.Mk.X MF567, 104 FRS (Flying Refresher School), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13/2/1952 when struck the ground at Fradley, Staffordshire, on final approach to RAF Litchfield. The Student pilot set the altimeter to a QNH of 900 feet, which meant the altimeter gave a false reading, showing the Wellington to be at 900 feet when it was at ground level.

The instructor pilot did not check the setting (or did not notice it), and one of the crew - Flight Sergeant L Sutcliffe (Air Signaller) - was injuried. The remaining crew appear to have survived uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.125 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft MA100-MZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.221
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lichfield
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fradley#Fradley_Aerodrome/RAF_Lichfield
5. https://www.fradleyheritagegroup.co.uk/fradley-history-society/raf-lichfield/newspaper-clippings/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Feb-2021 19:16	Dr. John Smith	Added
26-Feb-2021 19:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
26-Feb-2021 19:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source]
26-Feb-2021 20:24	Xindel	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
09-Mar-2021 18:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Destination airport]