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Date: | Sunday 6 May 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | Cambridge UAS RAF |
Registration: | WG329 |
MSN: | C1/0422 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ashwell, 4 miles North of Baldock, Hertfordshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Teversham, Cambridge [EGSC] |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WG329: Delivered 17/7/51. RAF Service Career was with the Cambridge UAS (University Air Squadron) 22 RFS (Reserve Flying School) then back to Cambridge UAS
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6/5/1956: Stalled off turn and dived into ground at Ashwell, four miles north of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Struck off charge 8/5/1956 at No.58 MU Sutton Bridge.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.178 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.194
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashwell,_Hertfordshire Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jun-2008 02:26 |
JINX |
Added |
17-Mar-2013 02:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Feb-2020 07:50 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
15-Jun-2020 21:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |