Date:	Tuesday 28 February 1950
Time:
Type:	Vickers Wellington T Mk X
Owner/operator:	201 AFS RAF
Registration:	PG179
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Malborough, 2.5 miles ENE of RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington PG179: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28/2/1950:
On a single-engine final approach to RAF Swinderby, while on a training sortie, the aircraft stalled and crashed (reportedly belly-landed) in a field located near Malbororugh, 2.5 miles east-north-east of the runway threshold. There were no casualties among the crew of four.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.90 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.29
4. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-619-wellington-x-raf-swinderby
6. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1950

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Sep-2013 20:48	JINX	Added
27-Apr-2015 19:43	ABBA	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
23-Apr-2017 22:50	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Dec-2020 00:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]