ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159876
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 November 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 101 FRS RAF |
| Registration: | PF989 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile east of RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Vickers Wellington Mk.X PF989 of 101 FRS, RAF: Written off 27.11.1951: While conducting an asymmetric (single engine) approach to RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire, the pilot-in-command lost control of the aircraft, then stalled and crashed in a field located one mile east of the airfield. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair, while all occupants survived. One source (see link #4) records the pilot as Flight Lieutenant Oldham, and the co-pilot as Pilot Officer Brian Fern
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.122 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft pa100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.201
4. Through Adversity: The Story of Life in the RFC and RAF Through Three Decades By Alastair Goodrum
5. 101 FRS ORB (Operations Record Book) (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to
31/1/1952: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2319/1 at hhttps://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163235
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-619-wellington-x-raf-finningley-2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Sep-2013 20:30 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Apr-2015 19:37 | Slizack | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 21-Apr-2017 22:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2017 22:33 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2021 01:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2021 10:23 | Harro | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2021 16:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2021 17:39 | Slizack | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Feb-2021 02:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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