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| Date: | Sunday 19 August 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 |
| Owner/operator: | 622 VGS ATC RAF |
| Registration: | XN247 |
| MSN: | 1186 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Christchurch Airfield (EGHA) Hampshire, UK -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Christchurch Airfield (EGHA) |
| Christchurch Airfiled (EGHA) |
C/no.1186: delivered to the Air Training Corps 14/07/1959, issued to 622 VGS, ATC. Written off in a flying accident at Christchurch, Dorset on 19/8/62
Struck off charge 21/08/1962 as CAT 5(c); but later repaired and rebuilt. Sold to RAF Gliding & Soaring Association as RAF GSA316, later to BGA 1559 with a civilian owner in the Wigan, Lancashire, area
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120417224238/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com:80/airfields/xchres.html
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/t31.htm
www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XN
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=298
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/284073-air-cadet-gliding-pix-80s-pre-glass-8.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2012 14:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Dec-2012 10:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2014 16:00 | DB | Updated [Operator, ] |
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