Date:	Friday 1 November 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Miles Martinet TT Mk 1
Owner/operator:	691 Sqn RAF
Registration:	MS701
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Chivenor, Devon
Destination airport:	RAF Chivenor, Devon

Narrative:
Miles Martinet MS701: Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a landing accident at RAF Chivenor, Devon. 01/11/1946

During the landing at RAF Chivenor in conditions of strong crosswinds, the pilot turned onto the final approach, and the aircraft drifted sideways (due to the crosswinds), causing the undercarriage to collapse.

Aircraft not repaired: struck off charge as Cat. E2(FA) 30-11-46

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.239
3. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.103: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
4. 691 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 28-2-1949: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2545: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505183
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._691_Squadron_RAF#History
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Chivenor#1946%E2%80%941949

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-May-2023 19:49	Dr. John Smith	Added
27-May-2023 20:41	Nepa	Updated