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Date: | Saturday 11 October 1958 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | Southampton UAS RAF |
Registration: | WG353 |
MSN: | C1/0440 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hamble, Hampshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Hamble, Hampshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Delivered 10.8.51: RAF Service with with RAE Farnborough, RAF College, RAF Wunsdorf Station Flight. Issued to Southampton UAS 26.6.58.
Damaged in a flying accident whilst landing at Hamble, Hampshire 11.10.58. Initially assessed as Cat3(Repairable) but later deemed to be beyond economical repair, and struck off charge as Cat.5(scrap) 24.10.58. To 71 MU RAF Bicester 10.12.58 for disposal
Despite this, sold off for civil use, repaired, and became G-APTG (registered as such to Derby Aviation Ltd on 4.3.1959). As G-APTG, written off on 3.10.1965 when crashed at Elstree, Hertfordshire. (see G-ATPG)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Haley, Air Britain, 1983, p,43)
2.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm 3.
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343 4.
http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/personal/hamble.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 October 1965 |
G-APTG |
London School of Flying |
0 |
Elstree, Hertfordshire |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Nov-2011 13:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
10-Nov-2011 13:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
10-Nov-2011 13:45 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
28-May-2014 20:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
13-Feb-2020 08:06 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |