Incident Miles Master TT Mk I EM617,
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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
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

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