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Date: | Tuesday 8 November 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Miles Master TT Mk I |
Owner/operator: | CGS RAF |
Registration: | EM617 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Leconfield (near Beverley), East Riding of Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Narrative:Miles Master TT.Mk.I EM617, CGS (Central Gunnery School), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8 November 1949 when taxied into parked Spitfire LF.XVI TD340 (also of the CGS). Both aircraft were struck off charge as "beyond repair". (See also separate entry for Spitfire TD340).
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.551
3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Leconfield#Post_War Revision history:
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