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| Date: | Wednesday 17 July 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | Northumbrian UAS RAF |
| Registration: | WP845 |
| MSN: | C1/0729 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan |
Received minor damage 17/7/1974 after taxying into an obstruction at St. Athan, Glamorgan. Later declared a write off and reduced to PAX (cockpit section) at St Athan, to No.1329 ATC Squadron, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 30/12/1974. Later sold off and stored at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley Air Britain 1983 p.84)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1974.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20131103124258/http://milky01.co.uk/?page_id=6733
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WP
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2011 10:16 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Jun-2013 10:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jul-2015 16:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jul-2015 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jul-2015 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 29-Nov-2019 22:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 29-Jun-2023 10:05 | Nepa | Updated |
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