Date:	Sunday 13 November 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Slingsby T.7 Kirby Cadet TX.1
Owner/operator:	162 GS ATC RAF
Registration:	RA895
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent
Destination airport:	RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent

Narrative:
Kirkby Cadet RA895, 162 GS (Gliding School) ATC (Air Training Cadets) RAF: Written off (destroyed) when crashed at RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent 13/11/1949

The pilot had been instructed to perform a high 'hop' followed by a gentle 'S' turn and then land into wind at RAF Biggin Hill. However, instead, the pilot turned right through 110 degrees, followed by a left turn through 320 degrees down wind, and then he made a final turn at too steep an angle and at too low an altitude. The aircraft then stalled and spun into the ground at Biggin Hill; the pilot was killed

Crew of Kirkby Cadet RA895:
Cadet Corporal Eric C Williams (Air Training Corps) RAF - killed on active service 13-11-1949

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.552
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_the_South_East.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Glider_units#100-200
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Biggin_Hill_Airport#RAF_units_at_Biggin_Hill

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2023 08:13	harro	Updated