Incident Percival Provost T Mk 1 WV507,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56541
 
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Date:Tuesday 26 October 1954
Time:day
Type:Percival Provost T Mk 1
Owner/operator:6 FTS RAF
Registration: WV507
MSN: PAC/56/070
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Shavington, 2.5 miles South of Crewe, Cheshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Percival Provost T.Mk.1 WV507: Delivered 30/11/53. RAF Service was with 6 FTS RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire, only

Written off 26/10/1954: engine caught fire and aircraft damaged beyond repair in forced landing in a field near Shavington, two-and-a-half miles south of Crewe, Cheshire. The pilot - Lieutenant H Jazairy (Syrian Air Force) - was uninjured.

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.165 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.101)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.100
4. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=871
5. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?30007-Help-wanted&p=436922#post436922

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Apr-2013 15:53 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Dec-2018 18:59 Nepa Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
27-Apr-2020 22:13 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
28-Apr-2020 08:36 BlB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]

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