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Date: | Thursday 26 April 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Percival Prentice T Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 22 FTS RAF |
Registration: | VS617 |
MSN: | PAC-224 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Percival Prentice T. Mk.1 VS617, 22 FTS, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26/4/1951 when collided with a NA Harvard T.2b on approach to RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire. No reported injuries to the crew.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.112 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.132
4. 22 FTS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/1/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2158 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101868 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VS Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Jan-2021 21:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
21-Jan-2021 11:19 |
INV |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |