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Date: | Monday 2 December 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk VII |
Owner/operator: | 1333 TSTU RAF |
Registration: | PN322 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Syerston, Flintham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Narrative:Handley Page Halifax VII PP322, 1333 TSTU ((Transport Support) Conversion Unit) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2 December 1946 when bounced on landing & undercarriage leg collapsed at RAF Syerston, Flintham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire. The aircraft landed first on its starboard wheel, then bounced. It then touched down on the port wheel, and the undercarriage collapsed. No fatalities or injuries reported
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.56. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.105:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 4. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 p.252
5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Syerston#Post-war_use Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Sep-2013 03:02 |
JINX |
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04-Jun-2015 16:58 |
Angel dick one |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
27-Oct-2019 23:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Nov-2019 18:11 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
24-May-2023 08:54 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Operator, Narrative, Operator]] |
24-May-2023 11:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[[Operator, Narrative, Operator]]] |