ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20364
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 February 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | Halton SF RAF |
| Registration: | WB552 |
| MSN: | C1-0004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boarstall, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire |
| RAF Halton. Buckinghamshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A fatal accident involved the RAF Halton Chipmunk Air Experience Flight on the 9th February 1972. Chipmunk T. Mk 10 WB552 crashed near Boarstall, Buckinghamshire after loss of control in a spin.
Flying Officer Barry Robert McClure RAF (8025098), age 23, of RAF Halton’s Air Experience Flight was killed instantly, while Sergeant Apprentice Alan Choat RAF of No 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton died of his injuries on the 15th February 1972. Flying Officer McClure was buried in a Service Grave in St Michael’s Church in Halton village. The wreckage was recovered to the dump at RAF Bicester where the RAF’s crash recovery team was based.
Sergeant Apprentice Alain Choat - who actually got married whilst an Apprentice - died within days of that event. Alain was killed in an "Air Experience Flight" in the Chipmunk flying from Halton airfield. The Apprentices of the 117th Entry at RAF Halton at that time remember that sad event when they meet for re-union
NOTE: This aircraft was civil registered as G-AMZL between 3rd June 1953 and 2nd April 1954 to "the Secretary of State for Air, Air Ministry, London"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.18)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1972.htm
3. http://www.dhcchipmunk.com/0004.html
4. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AMZL.pdf
5. http://www.mybest.ca/brat117/troops.html
6. Grave of Flying Officer Barry Robert McClure: https://www.findagrave.com/page=pv&GRid=101875850&PIpi=72178894
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2008 02:09 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Nov-2011 14:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2012 11:46 | Ian Kirkup | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Feb-2013 23:54 | gaznav | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2013 00:11 | gaznav | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2013 11:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2013 11:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Cn, Source, Narrative]] |
| 06-May-2013 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2013 19:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 02-Aug-2015 23:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2019 09:42 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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