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Date: | Tuesday 14 May 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | Stradishall SF RAF |
Registration: | WB752 |
MSN: | C1/0200 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk WB752: Delivered 15/11/1950. Operational service career was with 14 RFS (Reserve Flying School), 24 RFS, RAF Odiham Station Flight, 275 Squadron, RAF Honiley Station Flight and RAF Waterbeach Station Flight.
Written off 14/5/1957 when the aircraft hit a post while taxiing at RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) 17/7/1957 at 58 MU RAF Sutton Bridge
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.189 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 21)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.247
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Jun-2008 17:55 |
JINX |
Added |
08-Jun-2008 02:21 |
JINX |
Updated |
09-Nov-2011 06:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
04-Aug-2020 21:03 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
28-Dec-2020 15:27 |
Jixon |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |