Incident Hawker Tempest Mk V SN232,
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Date:Saturday 23 March 1946
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic tpst model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Tempest Mk V
Owner/operator:CFE RAF
Registration: SN232
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hawker Tempest Mk. V SN232, CFE (Central Fighter Establishment), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23 March 1946 when the aircraft was struck from behind by another Hawker Tempest Mk. V (SN256) also of the CFE while taxiing at RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk. No fatalities or casualties reported.

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.33 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.101
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. CFE RAF OIRB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR29/1348: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101058
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.97: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham#Postwar

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jun-2021 00:49 Dr. John Smith Added
24-Jun-2021 08:48 Dandy Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]
06-Jul-2023 21:34 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]]

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