Date:	Wednesday 23 March 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:	1 PRFU RAF
Registration:	PF943
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Finningley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington Mk. X PF943 of 1 PRFU, RAF: written off (damaged beyond repair) 23 March 1949: The crew was completing a training sortie in RAF Finningley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Upon landing, the aircraft swung off the runway, went out of control and came to rest with the tailwheel caught in a drain. The aircraft sustained severe damage to the rear fuselage. All four crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

1. Broken Wings Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. James J. Halley. Published by Air-Britain, 1999
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946-1949 by Colin Cummings (p 487)
3. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-619-wellington-x-raf-finningley-0
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Finningley#Post_Second_World_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Sep-2013 19:25	JINX	Added
27-Apr-2015 20:04	Don Diego	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
24-Apr-2017 22:52	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2018 20:25	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]