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| Date: | Friday 16 March 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Varsity T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WF388 |
| MSN: | 547 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Thorney Island RAF Station -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Thorney Island RAF Station |
The airplane undershot the runway on landing, causing the wheels to separate from the undercarriage legs.
The Varsity was serving with RAF 2 ANS (Air Navigation School).
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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