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Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boulton Paul Balliol T.2 |
Owner/operator: | RAF College Cranwell |
Registration: | WG129 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire (EGYE) |
Destination airport: | RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire (EGYE) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Balliol T.Mk.2 WG129: Delivered 16/1/53. RAF service was with 7 FTS, RAF Cottesmore, Rutland and the RAF College Cranwell (aircraft usually based at RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire)
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15/7/54: Engine failed on take-off, and aircraft hit wires during forced landing in a field at Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.161 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.84)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.71
4. The Boulton Paul Balliol: The Last Merlin-Powered Aircraft By Alec Brew
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG 6.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1954 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jun-2008 20:47 |
JINX |
Added |
13-Apr-2020 23:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Apr-2020 20:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |