Date:	Sunday 8 July 1945
Time:	day
Type:	Vickers Warwick ASR Mk VI
Owner/operator:	280 Sqn RAF
Registration:	HG145
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire

Narrative:
Vickers Warwick ASR Mk.VI HG145, 280 Sqn RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) On 8th July 1945 this 280 Sqn aircraft over-ran the runway on landing at Thornaby. The pilot allowed the aircraft to touch down too far along the runway, and then realised that he could neither stop the aircraft, nor lift off and "go around again". In an attempt to avoid a collision with obstructions beyond the end of the runway, the pilot deliberately ground looped the aircraft but both undercarriage legs (starboard, followed by the port) collapsed. Nine airmen in the aircraft all survived.

Warwick HG145 was ordered as a Mk. II type and was built to contract ACFT/494 as a Mk. I by Vickers Armstrongs Ltd at Weybridge. It was delivered to the RAF in mid-1944 and issued to 280 Sqn at Langham on an unknown date in 1945, it moved with the unit to Thornaby in January 1946. It sustained Cat.E2/FA damage as a result of the incident at Thornaby as detailed above, and was struck off charge

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Nov-2019 18:29	Dr. John Smith	Added
15-Nov-2019 18:55	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
02-Aug-2021 15:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, Category]
18-Jun-2023 18:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Source, Narrative, Category]]