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| Date: | Thursday 17 May 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Beverley C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | XL132 |
| MSN: | 1033 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Centaurus 173 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chichester Harbour -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Thorney Island RAF Station |
An engine caught fire, forcing the crew to ditch the Beverley in Chichester Harbour.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Beverley Association
UK Serials Resource Centre
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