Date:	Monday 25 April 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Miles Master Mk II
Owner/operator:	CGS RAF
Registration:	DL281
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	West Skipsea Gunnery Ranges, near Skipsea, East Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Miles Master Mk.II DL981, CGS (Central Gunnery School), RAF Leconfield: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25-4-49 when crashed on the Skipsea Gunnery Ranges, near Skipsea, East Yorkshire

While the aircraft was flying over the sea, the engine failed due to a sticking piston in the fuel mixture control unit. The pilot was able to reach the Gunnery Range area at West Skipsea, East Yorkshire, where he carried out a forced engine, without injury to himself.

The Skipsea gunnery range was due east of Catfoss and Leconfield and just north of Skipsea. 95% was offshore and the rest was the shoreline. West Skipsea range suggests the aircraft crashed on the shoreline section.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.494
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. CGS (Central Gunnery School), RAF ORB 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National; Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR/29/1789: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101499
5. https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/skipsea/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipsea#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Mar-2023 00:43	Dr. John Smith	Added