Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WK623, Friday 22 December 1961
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Date:Friday 22 December 1961
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:Glasgow UAS RAF
Registration: WK623
MSN: C1/0636
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1.75 miles north of Perth Airfield, Perthshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Perth Airfield, Scotland (PSL/EGPT)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Dived into the ground 1¾ miles north of Perth airfield and burnt out killing the pilot

Sources:

Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Airport_Scotland
www.ukserials.com

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Jun-2008 19:06 JINX Added
11-Nov-2011 10:02 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
13-Feb-2020 07:55 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator, ]

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