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Date: | Tuesday 28 September 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boulton Paul Balliol T.2 |
Owner/operator: | RAF College Cranwell |
Registration: | WG110 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Frith Bank, 2 miles WNW of Boston, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire (EGYE) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Balliol T.2 WG110: Delivered 31/10/52. RAF Service was with 7 FTS, RAF Cottesmore, and RAF College Cranwell (aircraft usually based at Barkston Heath).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28/9/54: Pilot lost control of the aircraft in cloud, and the Balliol power dived into the ground near Frith Bank, two miles West-North-West of Boston, Lincolnshire. Pilot (flying solo) was killed
Crew of Balliol WG110
Flight Cadet John Francis Rhodes (pilot, Service Number 607499, aged 20) - killed on active service 28/9/54
Wreckage recovered to RAF Cranwell, where Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(scrap) 14/10/54
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.163 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.42)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.93
4.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1954 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG 6.
http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lincoln/st_andrew/index.htm 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=959 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jun-2008 14:47 |
JINX |
Added |
23-Apr-2020 21:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |