Date:	Tuesday 25 June 1946
Time:	14:10 LT
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:	25 Gp FTC RAF
Registration:	NC661
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Trusley, near Burnaston, Derbyshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Shawbury, Shropshire
Destination airport:	RAF Burnaston, Derbyshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
At 13:30 LT on the 25th June 1946 NC661 took off from RAF Shawbury, Shropshire, on a cross country navigation training exercise and air experience flight; after only 40 minutes in the air the aircraft suffered failure of the starboard engine and was unable to maintain height or airspeed on the port engine alone. The pilot attempted to make a wheels down forced landing in a corn field but had to overshoot, however he did not have sufficient power to recover the airspeed lost in the attempted landing. While attempting to overshoot the aircraft struck a large tree and crashed into the field beyond bursting into flames, the aircraft came to rest in a pit which at the time was surrounded by trees. All on board - four crew plus two ATC Cadet passengers - were killed:

John Harold Brewster-Livett (Warrant Officer) (Pilot) Service Number 1314508, aged 22 - Killed on active service 25/06/1946, buried at Botley Cemetery, Oxford
David Bowie D.F.M. (Flight Lieutenant) (Navigator) Service Number 50225 - killed on active service 25/06/1946, buried at Eaglesham Cemetery, Renfrewshire
John Stanley May (Flight Lieutenant) (Navigator/Bomb Aimer) - Service Number 163664, aged 21, killed on active service 25/06/1946, buried at Thornton Cemetery, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Maurice Madams (Warrant Officer) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) - Service Number 1399974, aged 22, killed on active service 25/06/1946, buried at Faversham Borough Cemtery, Faversham, Kent
Robert Sydney Wallace (Cadet, 493 (Yardley Wood) Squadron, ATC) (Passenger, aged 17) - Killed on active service 25/06/1946, buried at Botley Cemetery, Oxford
Geoffrey Peter Balty (Cadet, 493 (Yardley Wood) Squadron ATC) (Passenger, aged 17) - Killed on active service 25/06/1946, buried at Botley Cemetery, Oxford

The aircraft navigator, Flt Lt David Bowie D.F.M. had been in the RAF for some time, having been awards the D.F.M. on the 31st October 1941 while with 252 Sqn, a Beaufighter unit operating from Edku in Egypt.

The Pilot Warrant Officer Brewster-Livett and his two Air Training Corps passengers were buried at Oxford (Botley) Cemetery,

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
18-Apr-2017 23:53	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Apr-2017 23:55	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
16-Oct-2018 19:51	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
11-Nov-2019 00:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
12-Nov-2019 22:46	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
27-Jul-2021 23:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
22-Jun-2023 02:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]]