Date:	Friday 18 April 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:	2 ANS RAF
Registration:	NA967
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
Destination airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington T.Mk.X NA967 2 ANS (Air Navigation School), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18/4/1952, in a landing accident at RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire. During a practice "flapless" landing, the Wellington overshot and over-ran the end of the runway, and went through the perimeter fence. Despite the aircraft being wrecked (damaged beyond repair) there were no casualties to the crew on board.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.126 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.238
4. 2 ANS ORB (Operational Recrod Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1955; National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 29/2299/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163209
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Mar-2021 19:09	Dr. John Smith	Added
04-Mar-2021 20:31	Slizack	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
11-Mar-2021 23:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]