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Date: | Wednesday 14 February 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle ST.VI |
Owner/operator: | 21 HGCU RAF |
Registration: | V1993 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | East of RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Brize Norton (EGVN) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Albermale VI V1993 of 21 HGCU RAF was taking off from Brize Norton airfield on a glider towing and cross country exercise with a Horsa glider when, as it passed about 600 ft, the port engine failed because of faulty spark plugs. The glider was cast off and made a safe forced landing with some damage. The pilot of the Albermale was unable to maintain its height and so made a forced landing in a field east of Brize Norton airfield. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair but there were no casualty.
Sources:
"Though Without Anger (Losses of Transport and Special Duties Aircraft and Assault Gliders 1940 to 1945)", by Colin Cummings, ISBN 978-0-9526619-6-2, page 509
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Brize_Norton http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=51.750000&lon=-1.583611&z=14&m=w Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jan-2012 09:00 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
15-Feb-2022 20:32 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |