Accident de Havilland DH.103 Hornet F Mk 3 WF962, Thursday 26 August 1954
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Date:Thursday 26 August 1954
Time:
Type:de Havilland DH.103 Hornet F Mk 3
Owner/operator:80 Sqn RAF
Registration: WF962
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:5 miles SE of Waglan Island -   Hong Kong
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hornet F3 WF962 - Missing 26.8.54 Hit sea during roll.
Crew:
??? (pilot) - killed

Sources:

http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH103%20prodn%20list.txt
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Jun-2008 14:10 JINX Added
15-Jun-2015 11:24 BlB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
15-Jun-2018 05:35 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ]

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