Date:	Monday 14 January 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib
Owner/operator:	56 OTU RAF
Registration:	SW635
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Millfield, Northumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Millfield, Northumberland
Destination airport:	RAF Millfield, Northumberland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Hawker Typhoon Mk. Ib SW635, 56 OTU: Written off (destroyed) 14-1-46 when the engine caught fire on start-up at RAF Millfield, Northumberland. The aircraft was badly fire damaged, and was not repaired. The fact that 56 OTU was about to disband (which took place on 14-2-46, a month later) and RAF Millfield was scheduled for closure may have also been an influence on the decision not to repair Typhoon MW635

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1988)
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.27 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.31
4. https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
5. https://aviationtrails.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/raf-milfield-arguably-one-of-britains-most-significant-airfields/
6. 56 OTU ORB (Operations Record Book) for the period 1-1-1939 to 28-2-1946: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 29/683/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7161029
7. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.103: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Milfield
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Operational_Training_Units

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-May-2021 20:08	Dr. John Smith	Added
31-May-2021 21:01	Lelek	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]
27-Jul-2023 14:50	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]]