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Date: | Saturday 26 November 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 41 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WP128 |
MSN: | S4/U/3007 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Biggin Hill, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Devon [EGDC] |
Destination airport: | RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hunter F.Mk.5 WP128: Delivered 13-6-55, to the RAF at No.45MU. To No.41 Squadron, RAF (coded 'C') at Biggin Hill
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26/11/55: Crashed after engine cut out on approach at RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent 26-11-55. The aircraft suffered a high jet pipe temperature, forcing the pilot to shut down the engine in order to prevent an in-flight fire, after which the aircraft rapidly lost airspeed and altitude. Struck off charge as Cat5(scrap) 21-6-56.
It was reported that the wrecked airframe was transported to Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire for use in fire fighting training by 1961, since perished.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.176 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 81)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.167
4. 41 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/55 to 31/12/60: File AIR 27/2775/1 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8430158 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WP Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
20-Mar-2012 06:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Aug-2012 08:30 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
02-Jun-2020 21:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Apr-2023 21:15 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |