Date:	Wednesday 25 January 1956
Time:
Type:	Hawker Hunter F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	247 (China British) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WV328
MSN:	41H/670798
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Odiham, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Hawker Hunter F.Mk.4 WV328: First flown at Hawker Aircraft Ltd., Dunsfold, Surrey 8/6/55. Delivered to the RAF at 5 MU Kemble 30/6/55. Issued to 247 Squadron, RAF Odiham

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/1/56: Caught fire after a starter cartridge exploded during engine start-up at RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire. Aircraft burnt out, but the pilot escaped uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 98)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.141
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
7. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mardownload/@MAR_06_15.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jan-2009 11:55	ASN archive	Added
18-Aug-2010 02:49	penguin832	Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Dec-2011 13:33	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Jun-2012 14:26	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location]
10-Jun-2020 21:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Aug-2021 10:01	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
10-Aug-2021 09:09	SD	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Operator]