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| Date: | Thursday 1 September 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 |
| Owner/operator: | 188 VGS ATC RAF |
| Registration: | XE792 |
| MSN: | 905 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire |
| Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire |
C/no. 905: Delivered to Air Training Corps 30/11/53. Issued to 188 Gliding School, ATC. Written off 1/9/1955 when crashed at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Struck off charge 8/9/1955 as cat.5(scrap)
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/t31.htm
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XE
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingsby_Tandem_Tutor
4. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/284073-air-cadet-gliding-pix-80s-pre-glass-8.html#post4684293
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Apr-2012 01:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 10-May-2012 13:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jun-2013 07:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 05-Nov-2019 17:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 27-May-2020 15:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, ] |
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