Date:	Thursday 11 December 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:	2 ANS RAF
Registration:	RP538
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Middleton St. George, Darlington, Co. Durham, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington RP538, 2 ANS (Air Navigation School): Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11-12-47 in a takeoff accident at RAF Middleton St. George, Darlington, Co. Durham
During the take-off run, the Wellington began to swing to starboard, and the pilot corrected the swing. The pilot then decided to abandon the takeoff run. The achieve this, he closed the throttles, but the Wellington then overshot the runway, ran into a ploughed field, and tipped up onto its nose.

As far as known, the crew were uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.72. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.355
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 2 ANS RAF ORB for the period 1-4-1948 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1780: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101490
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Middleton_St_George#Post_war

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-May-2023 15:00	Dr. John Smith	Added
15-May-2023 09:58	Nepa	Updated