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
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:

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)

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

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, ]