Date: | Wednesday 28 January 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Valetta T.3 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | WG265 |
MSN: | 513 |
Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lichfield RAF Station -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Lichfield RAF Station |
Narrative:The Valetta crew was practicing a single engine approach when the right hand wing dropped. The aircraft veered to the right and impacted the ground.
It served with RAF 6 ANS.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
UK Serials Resource Centre - Serials in range WG Revision history:
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