Incident Miles Martinet TT Mk 1 JN513,
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Date:Wednesday 21 November 1951
Time:day
Type:Miles Martinet TT Mk 1
Owner/operator:226 OCU RAF
Registration: JN513
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Stradishall, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Stradishall, Suffolk
Destination airport:RAF Stradishall, Suffolk
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Miles Martinet TT Mk 1, JN513, 226 OCU RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21/11/1951 in a landing accident at RAF Stradishall, Suffolk. The aircraft ran into a ditch after skidding across the grass on landing at RAF Stradishall, after the brakes locked. Although the aircraft was wrecked ("damaged beyond econmic repair") there were no reports of any injuries to the two crew (Pilot and Drogue Winch Operator).

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.121 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft HA100-JZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.197
4. 226 OCU ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2165/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162873

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Feb-2021 21:35 Dr. John Smith Added
16-Feb-2021 10:20 Sicak Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]

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