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| Date: | Saturday 14 July 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Supermarine Attacker FB Mk 2 |
| Owner/operator: | 1833 (VR) Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | WP283 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Honiley, Wroxall, Warwickshire. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honiley, Wroxall, Warwickshire |
| RAF Honiley, Wroxall, Warwickshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Supermarine Attacker FB.2 WP283, 1833 (RNVR) Squadron FAA RN (coded "841/ST") from 24/10/55
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14/7/56: The Attacker stalled on approach to a dummy deck landing (ADDL) at RAF Honiley, Wroxall, Warwickshire. It touched down in a field 150 yards short of the runway and crossed the road on the aerodrome boundary, killing one person who was watching the approach and injuring another.
The pilot, Sub-Lieutenant Robert M. Neill RNVR, escaped with light injuries and shock but a 15-year-old plane spotter, John Stewart Kearney, was killed on the road. Another civilian in the area, Mr. P. Jones was seriously injured, but survived
Attacker WP283 was not repaired, and was instead Struck Off Charge as Cat.ZZ on 25-7-56
Sources:
1. Ray Sturtivant et al.: Fleet Air Arm Fixed-Wing Aircraft since 1946, Air-Britain, 2004 p 569
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1950-88.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
4. https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/259529-attacker-crash.html
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WP
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Aug-2011 21:42 | angels one five | Added |
| 05-Oct-2011 21:27 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Oct-2011 21:29 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jan-2012 07:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 27-Oct-2012 03:46 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Apr-2013 17:36 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ] |
| 13-Apr-2013 18:19 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Apr-2013 02:52 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 08-May-2013 18:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 20-Jul-2014 08:55 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Nov-2018 16:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 22-Jun-2020 18:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Feb-2021 16:44 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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