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| Date: | Thursday 7 May 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Valetta T.3 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WG258 |
| MSN: | 506 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 40 km W off Hartland Point, United Kingdom -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hullavington RAF Station |
The Valetta T.3, serving with RAF 1 ANS, departed RAF Hullavington for a routine air navigation sortie. The aircraft crashed at sea for unknown reasons.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
UK Serials Resource Centre - Serials in range WG
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