ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308963
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| Date: | Thursday 15 December 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Tempest Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 20 MU RAF |
| Registration: | EJ641 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langley Airfield, Langley, near Slough, Berkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire |
| Langley Airfield, Berkshire |
Hawker Tempest EJ641, 20 MU RAF Aston Down: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15/12/1949.
The pilot, whose visibility was obscured by oil and rain on the windscreen, was landing on the grass field at Langley Airfield, Langley, near Slough, Berkshire. The approach was non-standard and the pilot chose to make a short landing run. The aircraft struck the windsock and was severely damaged
Sources:
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 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.563
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. https://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/piloter/victories
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langley,_Berkshire#Langley_Airfield
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