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| Date: | Monday 28 November 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VW160 |
| MSN: | 330 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Deversoir RAF Station -
 Egypt
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deversoir RAF Station |
Engine power was lost on takeoff. The Valetta lost directional control and hit a DF (Direction Finding) station, killing one person on the ground.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
David Garbett (E-mail, 10-3-2011)
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