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| Date: | Wednesday 6 January 1954 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: |  Vickers Valetta T.3 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WJ474 |
| MSN: | 599 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Aldbury, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bovingdon RAF Station |
| Thorney Island RAF Station |
Four minutes after takeoff the aircraft lost height and hit a tree during a blizzard.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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