Date:	Friday 4 January 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Tempest Mk V
Owner/operator:	287 Sqn RAF
Registration:	JN797
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF West Malling, Maidstone, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF West Malling, Maidstone, Kent
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Hawker Tempest JN797, 287 Squadron RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 04/01/1946: Ran into Airspeed Oxford NM361 while taxiing prior to take off at RAF West Malling, Maidstone, Kent.
Crew:
Sargeant G.S BROOKS (pilot) RAF: unhurt.

51st Production Hawker Tempest, aircraft delivered 18-4-44. Between 18-6-44 and 29-6-44, Hawker Tempest JN797 as 'SA-K' of 486 Squadron, RNZAF, operating from RAF Newchurch, Kent, when flown by Flying Officer Raymond Jack "Dan" Danzey RNZAF scored four and a half victories (four successful, one shared) in shooting down V-1 flying bombs over Kent and East Sussex (see link #7)

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.25. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.26
3. The Airspeed Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p.181)
4. ORB 287 Sqn RAF for the period 1/5/1941 to 30/6/1946: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1622 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2504264
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.93: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?460-Hawker-Tempests
7. https://hawkertempest.se/index.php/piloter/summary/377-danzey-r-j-flying-officer
8. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/hawker-siddeley-tempest-mk-v-486-nz-squadron-1944-to-1945-part-1
9. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235096909-hawker-tempest-v-differences-between-series-1-2/
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._486_Squadron_RNZAF#Operations_against_V-1_flying_bombs
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._287_Squadron_RAF
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Malling#After_the_war

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Jan-2015 23:09	Dr. John Smith	Added
17-Apr-2015 18:16	Mihulka33	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
03-Nov-2019 01:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source]
29-May-2021 22:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-May-2021 22:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
29-May-2021 22:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
30-Jul-2023 19:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Source]]