Date:	Monday 7 January 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Fairchild Argus Mk II
Owner/operator:	4 FP RAF
Registration:	HB601
MSN:	838
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	RAF Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hawarden, Flintshire (EGNR)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Fairchild UC-61A Forwarder (Fairchild Model 24W): Ex-USAAF 43-14874 (MSN 838) to RAF as Fairchild Argus II HB601. To No.4 Ferry Pool, RAF.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when struck while parked by Lancaster PA452, at RAF Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales on January 7, 1946. No casualties or injuries reported - it is believed that the Argus was unoccupied at the time.

4 Ferry Pool was formed at Hawarden on 30-11-45, and disbanded at Hawarden on 7-2-52 to become 4 (Home) Ferry Unit.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.26 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.28
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.94: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ferry_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force#Pools
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawarden_Airport#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-May-2021 20:12	Dr. John Smith	Added
31-May-2021 08:36	Yelush	Updated [Operator, Operator]
29-Jul-2023 20:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, Category]