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Date: | Thursday 10 April 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk XIV |
Owner/operator: | 201 AFS RAF |
Registration: | PG393 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
Narrative:Vickers Wellington Mk. XIV PG393, 201 AFS (Advanced Flying school), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10 April 1947 when crash landed at RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
The aircraft was being flown at night with the port engine feathered. The Wellington had already made two pervious circuits of RAF Swinderby, including a missed approach caused by the runway in use being changed at the last minute, due to the wind veering from a different direction.
The emergency air bottle on board the aircraft failed, and the undercarriage would not lock down. The Wellington then made a wheels-up landing at RAF Swinderby. The aircraft was written off as Cat. E(FA), but the four crew were uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.61. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.289
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 201 AFS RAF ORB for the period 1-4-1947 to 31121950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1989/1:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162797 5.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs#1947 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Swinderby#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Sep-2013 01:56 |
JINX |
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27-Apr-2015 20:02 |
Don Diego |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
27-Apr-2017 18:59 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Oct-2018 20:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
20-Nov-2019 00:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
20-Nov-2019 00:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
27-Nov-2019 11:48 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
19-May-2023 19:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]] |