Accident Handley Page Hastings C.2 WJ341, Tuesday 26 July 1955
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Date:Tuesday 26 July 1955
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic hphs model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Hastings C.2
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: WJ341
MSN: HP67/142
Year of manufacture:1952
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Abingdon RAF Station (ABB) -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Abingdon RAF Station (ABB/EGUD)
Narrative:
Undershot the runway and groundlooped. One of the wings broke off in the slide.

Sources:

BAAA-ACRO
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes

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