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Date: | Wednesday 29 June 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T Mk 10 |
Owner/operator: | Bristol UAS RAF |
Registration: | WG287 |
MSN: | C1/0363 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WG287: Delivered 29/6/55. RAF Service career was with 2 RFS (Reserve Flying School), 12 RFS, Bristol UAS (University Air Squadron), 12 RFS a second time, before being returned to Bristol UAS
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29/6/55: Engine failed to pick up when the throttle was opened after a practice engine failure on take-off, and the aircraft hit the ground at RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire. The two crew were unhurt.
Crew of Chipmunk WG287:
Flight Lieutenant W G Coburn RAF (QFI Instructor Pilot, Service Number 592033)
Cadet Pilot J P A Harmer RAF (Passenger)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.171 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 43)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.141
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG 5.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1955 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jun-2008 22:17 |
JINX |
Added |
13-Feb-2020 07:53 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
22-May-2020 20:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
22-May-2020 20:45 |
MIG29 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |