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| Date: | Tuesday 28 August 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Valetta T.3 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WJ480 |
| MSN: | 605 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km WNW of Chippenham, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Lyneham RAF Station (LYE/EGDL) |
The Valetta could not maintain height during single engine overshoot, contacted trees, crashed and caught fire. It was operated by the RAF No.2 Air Navigation School.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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