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| Date: | Friday 17 February 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VX483 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhut Airport (SGN) -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
| Singapore |
One of the Valetta's engines ran away on departure. The airplane lost height and belly landed in a padi field.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Straits Times, 18 February 1956: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19560218-1.2.9
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