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Date: | Monday 14 March 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boulton Paul Balliol T.2 |
Owner/operator: | RAF College Cranwell |
Registration: | WG130 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
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 R.Mk.2 WG130: Delivered 16/1/53. RAF service career was with 7 FTS, RAF Cottesmore and RAF College Cranwell (aircraft usually based at RAF Barkston Heath)
Written off 14/3/55: Swung on landing, ground looped, hit snowbank, resulting in the undercarriage collapsing at RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire. Aircraft deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck off Charge as Cat5(c). It is believed that the two crew were uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.169 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.123
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#1955 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jun-2008 20:49 |
JINX |
Added |
25-Apr-2020 00:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
08-May-2020 20:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |