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| Date: | Monday 13 July 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WK575 |
| MSN: | C1/0596 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Laxfield, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Stalled and crashed at Laxfield near Ipswich, Suffolk after the pilot attempted to loop from a very low altitude. The pilot was killed and the passenger was seriously injured. To 301 Squadron ATC at Bury St. Edmunds for many years before being disposed of in 1989. The very sorry remains of her rear fuselage was being used as an attraction at Junk Junction in Diss.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?19403-Chipmunk-WK575
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1970.htm
http://www.dhcchipmunk.com/census.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jun-2008 13:30 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Aug-2010 09:04 | grahamwdavey | Updated [Total occupants, Source, ] |
| 07-Nov-2011 15:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Oct-2012 13:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Oct-2012 13:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 06-May-2013 13:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 09-Aug-2014 16:00 | TB | Updated [Operator, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2016 17:44 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 30-May-2024 16:50 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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