Date:	Thursday 20 January 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Miles Martinet TT Mk 1
Owner/operator:	228 OCU RAF
Registration:	EM419
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire

Narrative:
Miles Martinet EM419, 228 OCU: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20-1-49 in a landing accident at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire

The aircraft was landing at RAF Leeming in strong cross winds of 30 knots, with gusts of up to 45 knots. At the end of the landing run, a strong gust of wind tipped the Martinet onto one of its wingtips, and the aircraft was damaged. No reported injuries to the two crew (pilot and target drogue winch operator)

Not repaired: struck off charge as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) 30-1-49

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.465
3. 228 OCU RAF ORB for the period 1-5-1947 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1634: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101344
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._228_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Leeming#1950%E2%80%931990

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Apr-2023 19:16	Dr. John Smith	Added