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Date: | Saturday 23 March 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Tempest Mk V |
Owner/operator: | CFE RAF |
Registration: | SN232 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hawker Tempest Mk. V SN232, CFE (Central Fighter Establishment), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23 March 1946 when the aircraft was struck from behind by another Hawker Tempest Mk. V (SN256) also of the CFE while taxiing at RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk. No fatalities or casualties reported.
Sources:
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.101
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. CFE RAF OIRB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR29/1348:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101058 5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.97:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham#Postwar Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Jun-2021 00:49 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
24-Jun-2021 08:48 |
Dandy |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
06-Jul-2023 21:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]] |