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| Date: | Monday 28 March 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Varsity T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WJ888 |
| MSN: | 615 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,4 km W of Colyton -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
One engine caught fire after which the remaining engine lost power. The Varsity crash-landed.
It was serving with RAF No.2 Air Navigation School.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Vickers Varsity / Roger Lindsay and Geoff Cruickshank, 1987
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