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Old 5th Jul 2011, 05:36
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Because the posting of the Military Aircraft Accident Summaries (MAAS) was started as a retrospective exercise, there are quite a number of reports missing from the online link, particularly late '70s.

For summaries up to about 1975, there is a microfilmed card at the RAF Museum Hendon. These accident cards provide the briefest of summaries but will list pilots (and sometimes other crew). The format has changed over the years several times and so cards for - say - 1940 are brief in the extreme, whilst they become more useful as the years pass.

A note of caution, the cards are often in manuscript and the handwriting does not always 'film up' very well, there are occasional errors in recording dates and aircraft serial numbers and there are missing cards (or more correctly; 'the cards for some accidents are missing' - sorry ISSC tutor).

There is an Air Britain publication called; "Broken Wings" which gives a one line summary and the number of casualties for losses since about VJ-Day 1945 to 1999. There is also a five volume tome on the market which covers the topic in more detail and provides (and has provided) a useful Roll of Honour for squadron historians.

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