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Date: | Wednesday 14 August 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Miles Martinet TT Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 18 MU RAF |
Registration: | MS896 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mainsriddle, near Dumfries, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dumfries, Kirkcudbrightshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Miles Martinet MS896, 18 MU RAF Dumfries: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 August 1946 when wrecked in a forced landing at Mainsriddle, near Dumfries, Kirkcudbrightshire
The pilot, who was on an ASR (Air Sea Rescue) sortie from RAF Dumfries made a forced landing at Mainsriddle due to engine failure, caused by fuel supply problems. The pilot was Sub Lieutenant D W Goodenough, RN but seems to have survived uninjured
NOTE: One source (se link #5) states "force landed on the shoreline" - and the nearest such location would be Southerness Beach, some 2 miles to the south-south east
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.198
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft MA100-MZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.102:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 5.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MS896 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Maintenance_units#No._1_MU_%E2%80%93_No._100_MU 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Dumfries Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Jun-2023 15:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
14-Jun-2023 08:43 |
Nepa |
Updated |