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Date: | Monday 25 April 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Miles Master Mk II |
Owner/operator: | CGS RAF |
Registration: | DL281 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | West Skipsea Gunnery Ranges, near Skipsea, East Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Miles Master Mk.II DL981, CGS (Central Gunnery School), RAF Leconfield: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25-4-49 when crashed on the Skipsea Gunnery Ranges, near Skipsea, East Yorkshire
While the aircraft was flying over the sea, the engine failed due to a sticking piston in the fuel mixture control unit. The pilot was able to reach the Gunnery Range area at West Skipsea, East Yorkshire, where he carried out a forced engine, without injury to himself.
The Skipsea gunnery range was due east of Catfoss and Leconfield and just north of Skipsea. 95% was offshore and the rest was the shoreline. West Skipsea range suggests the aircraft crashed on the shoreline section.
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.494
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. CGS (Central Gunnery School), RAF ORB 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National; Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR/29/1789:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101499 5.
https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/skipsea/ 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipsea#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Mar-2023 00:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
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