During the morning of 19th August 1950 this 607 Squadron aircraft was being test flown after major repairs had been carried out when the engine failed. At 10.30hrs the pilot made a wheels up landing in a field and it was later found that a loose connection on the main fuel feed pipe was to blame for the engine failure.
607 squadron were based at Ouston, Northumberland but the flight had lasted just five minutes so it cannot have taken off from Ouston. The AM Form 1180 states the incident occurred at Tollerton, Yorkshire and if this is correect then Linton on Ouse could be a possible location for where it set out from but whether it would have been given a major repair at Linton on Ouse is debatable. The AM Form 1180 gives the location as being 1.5 miles from Tollerton on a baring of near to south-east. It this occurred at Tollerton, Yorkshire then this would be in the area near Fleet Bank Farm. It may well be that the aircraft took off from Tollerton airfield in Nottinghamshire and it forced landed that airfield with the AM Form 1180 not realising which county it was in. The pilot was a No.12 Group airman where he served as an Auxillary Liason Officer.
The No.60 Maintenance Unit record book states that they undertook salvage work on this aircraft during August 1950.
Pilot - F/Lt George Malcolm Smith RAF (134094).