Date:	Friday 8 March 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Percival Proctor Mk II
Owner/operator:	1380 TCU RAF
Registration:	Z7210
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Tilstock, Prees, near Whitchurch, Shropshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wymeswold, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Tilstock, Prees, Shropshire (EGCT)

Narrative:
Percival Proctor Mk. II Z7210, 1380 TCU, (1380 (Transport Support) Conversion Unit) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8 March 1946 in a landing accident at RAF Tilstock, Prees, near Whitchurch, Shropshire.

Whilst in flight, on a sortie from RAF Wymeswold, Loughborough, Leicestershire, the pilot's leg became trapped between the compass platform, and the rudder bar, seriously restricting the movement of the controls. On landing at RAF Tilstock, the aircraft swung off the runway due to the rudder being deflected "hard over", and the undercarriage collapsed.

Despite being written off as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) and "damaged beyond economic repair", the pilot sustained no injuries.

The report crashed location of RAF Tilstock is an airfield located in Shropshire, England, close to the village of Prees and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the village of Tilstock and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Whitchurch, near the junction of the A41 and A49, at approximate co-ordinates 52.931°N 2.651°W.

1380 (TS)CU, later 1380 TCU existed between 1 August 1945 and 31 January 1946 with Vickers Wellington X, Avro Anson I and Percival Proctor II aircraft at RAF Tilstock. It was formed by re-designating No. 81 OTU on 1 August 1945.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.33 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.91
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft X1000-Z9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 1380 TCU RAF ORB for the period 1-8-1945 to 28-2-1946: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/611/7: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7160897
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=%20Z7210
6. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.96: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conversion_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitchurch_(Tilstock)_Airfield#RAF_Tilstock
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prees

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Jun-2021 21:33	Dr. John Smith	Added
20-Jun-2021 22:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Jun-2021 22:53	Don Diego	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]