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Date: | Wednesday 25 January 1956 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 247 (China British) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WV328 |
MSN: | 41H/670798 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Odiham, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hunter F.Mk.4 WV328: First flown at Hawker Aircraft Ltd., Dunsfold, Surrey 8/6/55. Delivered to the RAF at 5 MU Kemble 30/6/55. Issued to 247 Squadron, RAF Odiham
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/1/56: Caught fire after a starter cartridge exploded during engine start-up at RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire. Aircraft burnt out, but the pilot escaped uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 98)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.141
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 5.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html 6.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 7.
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mardownload/@MAR_06_15.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
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18-Aug-2010 02:49 |
penguin832 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-Dec-2011 13:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jun-2012 14:26 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
10-Jun-2020 21:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Aug-2021 10:01 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
10-Aug-2021 09:09 |
SD |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |