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Date: | Monday 1 July 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | LAS RAF |
Registration: | WP966 |
MSN: | C1/0828 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1/2 mile west of RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP) |
Destination airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WP966: Delivered 3/2/1953. Operational Service career was with 227 OCU RAF and the LAS (Light aircraft School) at RAF Middle Wallop as "BD-B"
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1/7/1957: Hit the ground half a mile west of RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire, after the engine cut during an overshoot and failed to pick up again. Aircraft wrecked in the consequent forced landing.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.190 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.87)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.210
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 5.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html 6.
https://www.airphotographicinternational.com/products/wp966-bbd-de-havilland-canada-dhc1-chipmunk-t-10raf-jersey 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WP Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Nov-2011 10:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
29-Nov-2018 10:01 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
07-Aug-2020 16:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Aug-2020 16:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
15-Feb-2021 10:32 |
Xindel |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |