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Date: | Wednesday 24 May 1950 |
Time: | morning |
Type: | de Havilland DH.103 Hornet F Mk 3 |
Owner/operator: | 10 MU RAF |
Registration: | PX331 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Hullavington, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire (EGDV) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:DH Hornet F3 PX331, 10 MU RAF Hullavington, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. Written off (destroyed) by a hangar fire while parked at RAF Hullavington 24.5.50. The fire destroyed three aircraft - Hornet PX331 and two DH 82A Tiger Moths (T7439 and T7473).
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.59
3. Hornet File (Lewis G. Cooper, Air Britain, 1992 ISBN: 9780851302027)
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH103%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jun-2018 19:03 |
Nepa |
Added |
23-Dec-2020 20:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Dec-2020 22:07 |
Investig |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |