Date:	Tuesday 28 April 1953
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	5 BFTS RAF
Registration:	WK506
MSN:	C1/0542
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Kirby Muxloe, Blaby, Leicestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Desford, Leicestershire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10, WK506, 5 BFTS (Basic Flying Training School): delivered 4/1/1952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28/4/1953 when crashed at Kirby Muxloe, Blaby, Leicestershire, following a mid-air collision

While flying in formation, Chipmunk WK506 struck a glancing blow to another Chipmunk of 5 BFTS. The other aircraft was struck from above, behind, and to the left. Chipmunk WK506 suffered critical damage when the propeller of the aircraft it had collided with cut through the rear fuselage of WK506. Chipmunk WK506 then rolled over and dived into the ground. The pilot of Chipmunk WK506 did not bail out, and was killed.

Crew of Chipmunk WK506:
Pilot Officer Kenneth William MITCHELL (pilot) RAF - killed in service 28/4/1953

The wreckage of Chipmunk WK506 was recovered and Struck Off Charge on 14/5/1953 as Cat. 5(scrap). The reported crash location of Kirby Muxloe is a village and civil parish that forms part of the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.145 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 362
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_Muxloe

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jun-2008 11:50	JINX	Added
21-Nov-2018 19:36	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Operator]
25-Apr-2021 20:00	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Apr-2021 10:46	Don Diego	Updated [Location, Operator]
26-Apr-2021 10:47	Don Diego	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
26-Apr-2021 22:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
04-Oct-2021 15:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Category]
05-Oct-2021 17:52	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]