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Date: | Sunday 20 March 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster AOP.6 |
Owner/operator: | 661 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VX108 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 miles east of Chitterne, Warminster, Wiltshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Auster AOP.6 VX108: Delivered to the RAF 13/10/48. Sole operational service was with 661 Squadron, RAF as "RAO-C"
Written off 20/3/55: when flew into rising ground 2 miles east of Chitterne, Wiltshire. Accident described as a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) as the pilot did not set the aircraft to climb at the appropriate rate to clear the rising terrain. Pilot survived with injuries.
Formally struck off charge as Cat.5 (Scrap) 24/3/1955. The reported crash site of Chitterne is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The village lies in the middle of Salisbury Plain, about 7 miles east of the town of Warminster.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.169 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.98)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.124
4.
http://austerhg.org/gallery3/Mikes-archive/Mk-6-7-10/Mk6-VX108 5.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4209 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._661_Squadron_RAF#Post-war Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Mar-2012 18:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
15-Aug-2012 08:06 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
09-May-2020 22:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Dec-2020 10:36 |
JEPA |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |