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Date: | Wednesday 13 August 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Percival Prentice T Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
Registration: | VS750 |
MSN: | PAC-352 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Percival Prentice T.Mk.1 VS750, 3 FTS, RAF Feltwell: Written off (destroyed) 13/8/1952. During a flying training sortie from RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk, the aircraft failed to recover from an intentional spin, and dived into the ground near to the airfield. The pilot was killed
Crew of Prentice VS750:
Flying Officer Lewis James JONES (pilot) RAF - killed on duty 13/8/1952
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.128 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 248
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1983)
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VS Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Mar-2021 22:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
20-Mar-2021 09:27 |
Werich |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |