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Date: | Monday 18 February 1946 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Warwick ASR Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 6 (Coastal) OTU RAF |
Registration: | HG115 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Kinloss, Morayshire, Scotland -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kinloss, Morayshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Kinloss, Morayshire |
Narrative:Vickers Warwick ASR. Mk. I, HG115/"KC-B", 6 (Coastal) OTU (Operational Training Unit) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18-2-46 in a landing accident at RAF Kinloss, Morayshire.
On landing at RAF Kinloss, the undercarriage collapsed due to the failure of a hydraulic jack attachment point. The aircraft ground looped, slid off the runway, and was damaged beyond repair. Despite being written off as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) the crew were uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.32. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft HA100-HZ999
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.75
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.95:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._236_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF 6.
https://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/OTU_1.htm 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kinloss#Cold_War Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jun-2021 21:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Jun-2021 22:27 |
Anon. |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
13-Jul-2023 18:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]] |