Date:	Tuesday 5 November 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk X
Owner/operator:	42 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RD435
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Beaufighter TF. Mk. X RD435: (42 Sqn) Took off for training flight. 05/11/1946 from RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire

Written off (damaged beyond repair): during the takeoff run, an emergency hatch came off the airframe. The pilot then abandoned the takeoff, throttled back, and retracted the undercarriage in order to facilitate an emergency stop

Both crew on board seems to have survived OK. However, the Beaufighter was written off as Cat. E2(FA)

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings
3. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.104: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
4. 42 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-10-1946 to 15-10-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2414: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505052
5. https://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._42_Squadron_RAF#Beaufighters_and_Shackletons_(1946%E2%80%931971)
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Thorney_Island#Post-war_units

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Jun-2022 16:24	Nepa	Added [Operator]
16-Sep-2022 10:17	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-May-2023 11:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]]