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| Date: | Monday 5 February 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | 1 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | WP854 |
| MSN: | C1/0739 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rufforth, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU) |
| Rufforth, North Yorkshire |
Lost an undercarriage leg in a heavy landing at Rufforth, Yorkshire. Aircraft deemed to have been damaged beyond repair, and struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I)
Allocated for ground instructional use as 7747M: recorded as being with with No.9 AEF 28/03/1962, finally scrapped in 1966
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm
2. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?126887-1-FTS-Chipmunk-crash&p=2073265
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20131103124258/http://milky01.co.uk/?page_id=6733
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2011 10:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Oct-2013 20:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Nov-2018 15:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator, ] |
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