Date:	unk. date 1945
Time:	14:30
Type:	Vickers Wellington X
Owner/operator:	Bomber Command Instructor's School
Registration:	MF556
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Between Moorends and Thorne, South Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Finningley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington Mk. X, BCIS (Bomber Command Instructors School), RAF Finningley. Written off (damaged beyond repair) in 1945 on a Training flight. While practicing single engine flying, the aircraft force-landed in a field Between Moorends and Thorne, South Yorkshire at 14:30

Moorends is a village in the north-east of the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, situated on the border with East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It is part of the civil parish of Thorne, which lies to the south.

Moorends is located on the edge of Thorne Moors, part of the Humberhead Levels at approximately 53°38′N 0°57′W, at an elevation of around 3 metres above sea level. The moors can be accessed via Grange Road.

1. Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY, volume 8, page 226.
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.47. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. BCIS ORB (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) December 1945-December 1946: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1151 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100861
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Finningley#Post_Second_World_War
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorends
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorne,_South_Yorkshire

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Apr-2023 19:41	redsix	Added
18-Jun-2023 01:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated