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| Date: | Monday 1 August 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VW143 |
| MSN: | 313 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sanau -
 Yemen
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Sanau Airport (ODSU) |
The Valetta crash-landed in the desert after an engine failed during an overshoot.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
UK Serials
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