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| Date: | Thursday 25 March 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Varsity T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WF386 |
| MSN: | 545 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km N of Swinderby RAF Station -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Swinderby RAF Station (EGXS) |
The Varsity contacted a tree during an attempted overshoot at RAF Swinderby at night. The airplane crashed and caught fire.
It was serving with RAF 201 AFS.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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