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| Date: | Wednesday 14 January 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VW817 |
| MSN: | 378 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Firq -
 Oman
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Firq Airport (OOFQ) |
The airplane lost directional control after a tyre burst on landing. The Valetta tipped up.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
UK Serials
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