Date:	Wednesday 14 August 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Miles Martinet TT Mk 1
Owner/operator:	18 MU RAF
Registration:	MS896
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Mainsriddle, near Dumfries, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Dumfries, Kirkcudbrightshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Miles Martinet MS896, 18 MU RAF Dumfries: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 August 1946 when wrecked in a forced landing at Mainsriddle, near Dumfries, Kirkcudbrightshire

The pilot, who was on an ASR (Air Sea Rescue) sortie from RAF Dumfries made a forced landing at Mainsriddle due to engine failure, caused by fuel supply problems. The pilot was Sub Lieutenant D W Goodenough, RN but seems to have survived uninjured

NOTE: One source (se link #5) states "force landed on the shoreline" - and the nearest such location would be Southerness Beach, some 2 miles to the south-south east

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.198
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft MA100-MZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.102: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
5. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MS896
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Maintenance_units#No._1_MU_%E2%80%93_No._100_MU
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Dumfries

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Jun-2023 15:56	Dr. John Smith	Added
14-Jun-2023 08:43	Nepa	Updated