Incident de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WB602,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20403
 
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Date:Friday 6 July 1951
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:Cambridge UAS RAF
Registration: WB602
MSN: C1/0043
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1.5 miles WSW of Acton Turville, Gloucestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Acton Turville, Gloucestershire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WB602 Cambridge UAS (University Air Squadron), RAF: Delivered to the RAF on 29/3/1950. Written off 6/7/1951 when failed to recover and gain altitude, hit a low wall during overshooting practice, and damaged beyond repair in forced landing 1.5 miles west-south-west of Acton Turville, Gloucestershire.

Formally struck off charge 26/7/1951 as Cat.5(scrap)

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.115 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 157
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB
5. https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton_Turville

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Jun-2008 15:54 JINX Added
07-Jun-2008 22:02 JINX Updated
15-Mar-2013 13:41 Dr. John Smith Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2020 07:34 Iwosh Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
02-Feb-2021 19:24 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]

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