ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20463
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Date: | Sunday 4 November 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | London UAS RAF |
Registration: | WD372 |
MSN: | C1/0310 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sobney Pumping Station, 2 miles S of Reading, Berkshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 4/11/1962 whewn collided with Beagle Terrier G-ASAE and crashed at Sobney Pumping Station, 2 miles south of Reading, Berkshire*. All three crew (two in the Chipmunk, plus one (the pilot) of the Beagle) were killed when both aircraft disintegrated.
*Note that the official CAA/RAF Board of Inquiry report gives the crash location as "Whitley, Berkshire"
Sources:
1. Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999 (James J. Halley, 1983)
2.
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343 3.
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?78785-71-MU-Bicester 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitley,_Berkshire Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jun-2008 14:53 |
JINX |
Added |
11-Nov-2011 11:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
25-Oct-2013 02:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
13-Feb-2020 07:49 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
30-Mar-2020 17:40 |
rod brown |
Updated [Other fatalities] |
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